The solution of the problem of life is life itself. Life is not attained by reason and analysis but first of all by living.

Anxiety is the mark of spiritual insecurity.

Every other man is a piece of myself, for I am a part and a member of mankind.

The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the other.... The whole purpose of life is to live by love.

In an age where there is much talk about "being yourself," I reserve to myself the right to forget about being myself, since in any case there is very little chance of my being anybody else.

The silence of the forest is my bride and the sweet dark warmth of the whole world is my love, and out of the heart of that dark warmth comes the secret that is heard only in silence, but it is the root of all the secrets that are whispered by all the lovers in their beds all over the world.

One opens the inner doors of one's heart to the infinite silences of the Spirit, out of whose abysses love wells up without fail and gives itself to all.