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

One cannot apologize for something fundamental, and a child feels and knows this as well and as deeply as any sage.

The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the submissive man by subservience, the pleasure seeker by pleasure.

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.

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

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're quite right there," he said. "I have practiced abstinence myself for years, and had my time of fasting, too, but now I find myself once more beneath the sign of Aquarius, a dark and humid constellation.