Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.

Like the bee, we distill poison from honey for our self-defense--what happens to the bee if it uses its sting is well known.

I don't know Who, or what, put the question, I don't know when it was put. I don't even remember answering. But at some moment I did answer Yes to Someone, or Something,and from that hour I was certain that existence is meaningful and that, therefore, my life, in self-surrender, had a goal.

He who wants to keep his garden tidy doesn't reserve a plot for weeds.

The 'great' commitment is so much easier than the ordinary everyday one.

It is more important to understand the ground of your own behavior than to understand the motives of another.

In a dream I walked with God through the deep places of creation; past walls that receded and gates that opened through hall after hall of silence, darkness and refreshment--the dwelling place of souls acquainted with light and warmth--until, around me, was an infinity into which we all flowed together and lived anew, like the rings made by raindrops falling upon wide expanses of calm dark waters.