He saw that the water continually flowed and flowed and yet it was always there; it was always the same and yet every moment it was new.

Whether you and I and a few others will renew the world some day remains to be seen. But within ourselves we must renew it each day.

That is where my dearest and brightest dreams have ranged — to hear for the duration of a heartbeat the universe and the totality of life in its mysterious, innate harmony.

Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world of ours.

I hope death will be a great happiness, a happiness as great as that of love, fulfilled love

Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself

My goal is this: always to put myself in the place in which I am best able to serve, wherever my gifts and qualities find the best soil to grow, the widest field of action. There is no other goal.