Each act of unfaithfulness toward our inner being is a blot on our souls. If we continue to be unfaithful, our souls are eventually torn apart and we slowly bleed to death.
Those who sincerely seek the truth should not fear the outcome.
The path of awakening is not about becoming who you are. Rather it is about unbecoming who you are not.
We cannot abdicate our conscience to an organization, nor to a government.
From naive simplicity we arrive at more profound simplicity.
Pain is a more terrible lord of mankind than even death itself.
Every start on an untrodden path is a venture which only in unusual circumstances looks sensible and likely to succeed.
Jesus means something to our world because a mighty spiritual force streams forth from him and flows through our being also. This fact can neither be shaken nor confirmed by any historical discovery. It is the solid foundation of Christianity.
I am certain and have always stressed that the destination of mankind is to become more and more humane. The ideal of humanity has to be revived.
There is so much coldness because we do not dare to be as cordial as we are.
Only through love can we obtain communion with God.
The fellowship of those who bear the mark of pain: who are the members of this Fellowship? Those who have learnt by experience what physical pain and bodily anguish mean, belong together all the world over; they are united by a secret bond.
Who shall enumerate the many ways in which that costly piece of fixed capital, a human being, may be employed! More of him is wanted everywhere! Hunt, then, for some situation in which your humanity may be used.
Ethics is in its unqualified form extended responsibility to everything that has life.
Reincarnation contains a most comforting explanation of reality by means of which Indian thought surmounts difficulties which baffle the thinkers of Europe.
To me, good health is more than just exercise and diet. It’s really a point of view and a mental attitude you have about yourself.
Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference to the whole truth is maintained. But what matters is not what is witty but what is true.
Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don’t live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.
In the same way as the tree bears the same fruit year after year, but each time new fruit, all lastingly valuable ideas in thinking must always be reborn.
The greatest thing is to give thanks for everything. He who has learned this knows what it means to live. He has penetrated the whole mystery of life: giving thanks for everything.