The greatest fault of the day is the absence of stillness.

Self-pity is the worst poverty. When a person says, 'I am...' with pity, before he has said anything more he has diminished himself to half of what he is; and what is said further, diminishes him totally; nothing more of him is left afterwards.

Instead of lamenting your fate, create your world.

The secret of life is balance, and the absence of balance is life's destruction.

... The wise in all ages... have tried to learn one thing only, and that was resignation to the Will of God. By doing this, they have reached a stage at which they could see from God's point of view.

By our trust in the divine beauty in every person we develop that beauty in ourselves.

All that produces longing in the heart deprives it of its freedom.