The becoming still can never be the being still; only with the death of becoming is there being.

We all place ourselves at various levels, and we are constantly falling from these heights. It is the falls we are ashamed of. Self-esteem is the cause of our shame, of our fall. It is this self-esteem that must be understood, and not the fall.

Goodness, generosity, or love does not come into being save through the search for reality.

Space and time are real for the man who is yet imperfect, and space is divided for him into dimensions; time, into past, present, and future.

Surely, life is not merely a job, an occupation; life is something extraordinarily wide and profound, it is a great mystery, a vast realm in which we function as human beings.

To go far you must begin near, and the nearest step is the most important one.

Real freedom is not something to be acquired, it is the outcome of intelligence.