Neither my life of luxury in the palace -nor- my life as ascetic in the forest were ways to enlightenment.

'Wherefore, brethren, thus must ye train yourselves : Liberation of the will through love will develop, we will often practice it, we will make it vehicle and base, take our stand upon it, store it up, throughly set it going.'

Make an island of yourself, make yourself your refuge; there is no other refuge. Make truth your island, make truth your refuge; there is no other refuge.

I gained nothing at all from Supreme Enlightenment, and for that very reason it is called Supreme Enlightenment.

Our mind is full of anger, jealousy and other negative feelings. Yet we do not realize that these are incompatible with inner peace and joy.

The calmed say that what is well-spoken is best; second, that one should say what is right, not unrighteous; third, what's pleasing, not displeasing; fourth, what is true, not false.

Love is beauty and beauty is truth, and that is why in the beauty of a flower we can see the truth of the universe.