A thousand times I was ready to regret and take back my rash statement - yet it had been the truth.

It is a pity that you students aren't fully aware of the luxury and abundance in which you live.

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

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

One never reaches home, but wherever friendly paths intersect the whole world looks like home for a time.

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.

You are only afriad if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to themselves. A whole society composed of men afraid of the unknown within them!