The Great Morning which is for all, rises in the East.

We sit inert, like dead specimens of some museum, while lessons are pelted at us from on high, like hailstones on flowers.

Reach high, for stars lie hidden in you. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.

Life is given to us, we earn it by giving it.

I have on my table a violin string. It is free to move in any direction I like. If I twist one end, it responds; it is free. But it is not free to sing. So I take it and fix it into my violin. I bind it and when it is bound, it is free for the first time to sing.

Great calm, generous detachment, selfless love, disinterested effort: these are what make for success in life. If you can find peace in yourself and can spread comfort around you, you will be happier than an empress.

It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.