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

There are two aspects of individual harmony: the harmony between body and soul, and the harmony between individuals. All the tragedy in the world, in the individual and in the multitude, comes from lack of harmony. And harmony is the best given by producing harmony in one's own life.

The first lesson to learn is to resign oneself to the little difficulties in life, not to hit out at everything one comes up against. If one were able to manage this one would not need to cultivate great power; even one's presence would be healing.

As long as in love there is "you" and "me," love is not fully kindled.

Humanity, divine limitation; Divinity, human perfection.

Repose is the secret of all contemplation and meditation, the secret of getting in tune with that aspect of life which is the essence of all things. When one is not accustomed to take repose, one does not know what is behind one's being.

If you will not rise above the things of this world, they will rise above you.