If the mind could cease measuring itself against the hero, the perfect, the glorious and all that, it would be what it is.

True understanding is possible only when we are fully conscious of our thought, not as an operative observer on this thought, but completely and without the intervention of a choice.

Silence is difficult and arduous, it is not to be played with.

The man-made laws have been made by men who have not perceived the final goal towards which they are making. And that is why it is so important to insist upon the final thing first, and then all the regulations, all the disciplines, will follow.

You would never hear any song played twice in the same way. The words were retained, but within a certain frame there was great latitude, and the musician could improvise to his heart's content; and the more the variations and combinations, the greater the musician.

It is necessary that one be a light to oneself in a world that is becoming utterly dark.

When the wind blows across the various continents, it does not bring with it the nationalities of the countries through which it passes. So likewise with Life.