The only way of full knowledge lies in the act of love; this act transcends thought, it transcends words. It is the daring plunge into the experience of union. To love somebody is not just a strong feeling-it is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise.

Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.

In our enthusiasm to dominate nature and to produce more material good - goods - we have transformed means into ends.

The individual citizen has very little possibility of having any influence - of making his opinion felt in the decision-making.

Man's biological weakness is the condition of human culture.

I think if you ask what people really mean by happiness today, it is the experience of unlimited consumption - the kind of thing Mr. Huxley described in "Brave New World."

In the dominant Western religious system, the love of God is essentially the same as the belief in God, in God’s existence, God’s justice, God’s love. The love of God is essentially a thought experience. In the Eastern religions and in mysticism, the love of God is an intense feeling experience of oneness, inseparably linked with the expression of this love in every act of living.