We are always searching for God afar off, when all the while He is nearer to us than our own soul.

In this world of illusion, where at the end of the examination, we find everything to be of little importance, of little worth, if there is a sign of reality, of something one can depend upon, and in which one can recognize a sign of eternity, it is in the constancy of friendship.

The gardener uses both roses in the flowerbed and thorns in making fences.

Every passion, every emotion, has its effect upon the mind. Every change of mind, however slight, has its effect upon the body.

If people but knew their own religion, how tolerant they would become, and how free from any grudge against the religion of others.

Once you have given up your limited self willingly to the Unlimited, you will rejoice so much in that consciousness that you will not care to be small again.

For a musician, music is the best way to unite with God.