It is the calm, forgiving, equable, well-balanced mind that does the greatest amount of work.

The awakening of the soul to its bondage and its effort to stand up and assert itself - this is called life.

When we come to nonattachment, then we can understand the marvelous mystery of the universe: how it is intense activity and at the same time intense peace, how it is work every moment and rest every moment.

If a thing happens once, it can happen again. If any human being has ever realised perfection, we too can do so. If we cannot become perfect here and now, we never can in any state or heaven or condition we may imagine.

It is nature that is driving us towards perfection, and eventually she will bring everyone there.

Every artist paints his Madonna according to his own pre-conceived ideas.

Good and evil thoughts are each a potent power, and they fill the universe.