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

. . . gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.

The river is everywhere at the same time . . . everywhere and the present only exists for it, not the shadow of the past, nor the shadow of the future.

a person is never entirely holy or entirely sinful.

And here is a doctrine at which you will laugh. It seems to me, Govinda, that love is the most important thing in the world.

A father can pass on his nose and eyes and even his intelligence to his child, but not his soul. In every human being the soul is new

Oh, if I had had a friend at this moment, a friend in an attic room, dreaming by candlelight and with a violin lying ready at his hand! How I should have slipped up to him in his quiet hour, noiselessly climbing the winding stair to take him by surprise, and then with talk and music we should have held heavenly festival throughout the night!