To be resigned means to find satisfaction in self-denial (Self-denial is the denial of one's lower self).

Love that ends is the shadow of love; true love is without beginning or end.

If there is such a thing as saintly renunciation, it is renouncing small gains for better gains; not for no gains, but seeing with open eyes what is better and what is inferior. Even if the choice has to lie between two momentary gains, one of these would always be found to be more real and lasting; that is the one that should be followed for the time.

Reason is the illusion of reality

When we look at life from the top of the mountain, there is no limitation

To bring the sublime into the mundane is the greatest challenge there is.

To make a friend, forgiveness is required which burns up all things, leaving only beauty; but to destroy friendship is easy.