Love of God is not always the same as love of good.

our friendship has no other purpose, no other reason, than to show you how utterly unlike me you are.

Thus Gotama [Buddha] walked toward the town to gather alms, and the two samanas recognized him solely by the perfection of his repose, by the calmness of his figure, in which there was no trace of seeking, desiring, imitating, or striving, only light and peace

Every politician in the world is all for revolution, reason, and disarmament-but only in enemy countries, not in his own.

Happiness is love, nothing else. A man who is capable of love is happy.

Human life is reduced to real suffering, to hell, only when two ages, two cultures and religions overlap.

As every flower fades and as all youth departs, so life at every stage, so every virtue, so our grasp of truth blooms in its day and may not last forever. Since life may summon us at every age, be ready, heart, for parting, new endeavour, be ready bravely and without remorse to find new light that old ties cannot give. In all beginnings dwells a magic force for guarding us and helping us to live.