Going to a charity tea party and thinking that you've done your bit toward putting an end to social inequity in the world.

Why do they make things so complicated?" "So that those who have the responsibility for understanding can understand.," he said. "Imagine if everyone went around transforming lead into gold. Gold would lose its value." "It's those who are persistent, and willing to study things deeply, who achieve the Master Work.

There is only one sin - lack of love. Be brave, be capable of loving, even if love seems a terrible and treacherous thing. Find joy in love. Find joy in victory. Follow the dictates of your heart.

The roller-coaster is my life; life is a fast, dizzying game; life is a parachute jump; it’s taking chances, falling over and getting up again; it’s mountaineering; it’s wanting to get to the very top of yourself and feeling angry and dissatisfied when you don’t manage it

The Lord heareth the prayers of those who ask to put aside hatred. But he is deaf to those who would flee from love.

He knows that the most important words in all languages are the small words.

When things start to happen, and the path does reveal itself to us, we become afraid of carrying on