Man can think of divine things only in his own human way, to us the Absolute can be expressed only in our relative language.

It is the hero alone, not the coward, who has liberation within his easy reach.

The less passion there is, the better we work. The calmer we are the better for us and the more the amount of work we can do.

The book one must read to learn natural sciences is the book of nature. The book from which to learn religion is your own mind and heart.

Changes in the universe are not in the Absolute; they are in nature.

Liberty is the first condition of growth. It is wrong, a thousand times wrong, if any of you dares to say, 'I will work out the salvation of this woman or child.

The effect is delusion, and therefore the cause must be delusion.