Love is not a doctrine, Peace is not an international agreement. Love and peace are beings who live as possibilities in us.

We must be steady enough in ourselves, to be open and to let the winds of life blow through us, to be our breath, our inspiration . . .

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.

It is for each of us freely to choose whom we shall serve, and find in that obedience our freedom.

The imagination equips us to perceive reality when it is not fully materialized.

Who are enemies? Those who oppose each others will.

It helps, I think, to consider ourselves on a very long journey: the main thing is to keep to the faith, to endure, to help each other when we stumble or tire, to weep and press on.