We must become so alone, so utterly alone, that we withdraw into our innermost self. It is a way of bitter suffering. But then our solitude is overcome, we are no longer alone, for we find that our innermost self is the spirit, that it is God, the indivisible. And suddenly we find ourselves in the midst of the world, yet undisturbed by its multiplicity, for our innermost soul we know ourselves to be one with all being.

Opinions mean nothing; they may be beautiful or ugly, clever or foolish, anyone can embrace or reject them.

When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.

The river taught us how to listen with a silent heart, with a waiting open soul.

I believe that I am not responsible for the meaningfulness or meaninglessness of life, but that I am responsible for what I do with the life I've got.

For me, however, that beloved, glowing little word happiness has become associated with everything I have felt since childhood upon hearing the sound of the word itself.

No permanence is ours, we are a wave that flows to fit whatever form it finds.