Romantic souvenirs had a way of attaching themselves to one when one wanted to move on, but they were not to be taken seriously.

Never is a man wholly a saint or a sinner.

In each individual the spirit is made flesh, in each one the whole of creation suffers, in each one a Savior is crucified.

It may be important to great thinkers to examine the world, to explain and despise it. But I think it is only important to love the world, not to despise it, not for us to hate each other, but to be able to regard the world and ourselves and all beings with love, admiration and respect.

Every path leads homeward, every step is birth, every step is death, every grave is mother.

Life is always frightful. We cannot help it and we are responsible all the same. One's born and at once one is guilty.

An enlightened man had but one duty - to seek the way to himself, to reach inner certainty, to grope his way forward, no matter where it led.