To have character is to be big enough to take life on.

From the seed grows a root, then a sprout; from the sprout, the seedling leaves; from the leaves, the stem; around the stem, the branches; at the top, the flower. . . We cannot say that the seed causes the growth, nor that the soil does. We can say that the potentialities for growth lie within the seed, in mysterious life forces, which, when properly fostered, take on certain forms.

There is a creative spirit in you desiring to be free, and you may as well get out of its way for it will give you no peace until you do.

All the arts we practice are apprenticeship. The big art is our life.

Bear ye one another's burdens, the Lord said, and he was talking law.

Let no one be deluded that a knowledge of the path can substitute for putting one foot in front of the other.

Compassion is an alternate perception