Death can be understood as the passage from one form to another, from a limited degree of life to another higher, freer one. It is wrong to assume that everything ends with death; what ends is only the temporary conditions in which people have lived on earth.

Do not look for happiness outside yourself. The awakened seek happiness inside.

A person is able to understand only when he solves the problem by himself.

Stop in somebody's shadow to rest and cool down, and you are lost. No one can make anyone else happy.

What does jealousy indicate? Jealousy is love manifested in the physical world. If you are jealous you have a debt to pay; if someone is jealous of you, he has a debt to pay to you.

If you wish to befriend someone, look for a person who loves first God then themselves. If they love God, they will be able to love their neighbor, too.

Yours is only what you always have on you.