Courage means going against majority opinion in the name of the truth.

Without a global revolution in the sphere of human consciousness a more humane society will not emerge.

There's always something suspect about an intellectual on the winning side.

Planetary democracy does not yet exist but our global civilization is already preparing a place for it. It is the very Earth we inhabit linked with Heaven above us. Only in this setting can the mutuality and the commonality of the human race be newly created with reverence and gratitude for that which transcends each of us and all of us together.

There are times when we must sink to the bottom of our misery to understand truth, just as we must descend to the bottom of a well to see the stars in broad daylight.

Truth is not merely what we are thinking, but also why, to whom and under what circumstances we say it.

I am not an optimist, because I am not sure that everything ends well. Nor am I a pessimist, because I am not sure that everything ends badly. I just carry hope in my heart.