As one can see when the eyes are open, so one can understand when the heart is open.

Every man's path is for himself; let him accomplish his own desires that he may thus be able to rise above them to the eternal goal.

Our spirit is the real part of us, the body but its garment. A man would not find peace at the tailor's because his coat comes from there; neither can the spirit obtain true happiness from the earth just because his body belongs to earth.

Music seems to be the bridge over the gulf between form and the formless.

Living in the world without insight into the hidden laws of nature is like not knowing the language of the country in which one was born.

Peace is perfected activity.

People in the world wish to make things rigid, things which are of the finest nature which words cannot explain. When a person describes the hereafter, it is just like wanting to weigh the soul or photograph the spirit. I personally think that you must be able to realize yourself what the hereafter is. You must not depend upon my words.