Children who are decked with prince's robes and who have jeweled chains round their necks lose all pleasure in play; their dress hampers them at every step. In fear that it may be frayed, or stained with dust, they keep themselves from the world and are afraid ever to move. Mother, it is no gain, thy bondage of finery, if it keep one shut off from the healthful dust of the earth, if it rob one of the right of entrance to the great fair of common human life.

Bravery ceases to be bravery at a certain point, and becomes mere foolhardiness.

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.

The problem is not how to wipe out all differences, but how to unite with all differences intact.

I believe in a spiritual world - not as anything separate from this world - but as its innermost truth. With the breath we draw we must always feel this truth, that we are living in God.

Days are coloured bubbles that float upon the surface of fathomless nights.

That which oppresses me, is it my soul trying to come out in the open, or the soul of the world knocking at my heart for entrance?