As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.
At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.
The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.
Man can no longer live for himself alone. We must realize that all life is valuable and that we are united to all life. From this knowledge comes our spiritual relationship with the universe.
Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.
Don’t let your hearts grow numb. Stay alert. It is your soul which matters.
Sincerity is the foundation of the spiritual life.
Any profound view of the world is mysticism. It has, of course, to deal with life and the world, both of which are nonrational entities.
Just as white light consists of colored rays, so reverence for life contains all the components of ethics: love, kindliness, sympathy, empathy, peacefulness and power to forgive.
The man who has become a thinking being feels a compulsion to give every will-to-live the same reverence for life that he gives to his own. He experiences that other life in his own.
In resigning ourselves to our fate without a struggle, we are guilty of inhumanity.
Do not lose heart, even if you must wait a bit before finding the right thing. Be prepared for disappointment also, but do not abandon the quest.
The Bhagavad-Gita has a profound influence on the spirit of mankind by its devotion to God which is manifested by actions.
Cold completely introspective logic places a philosopher on the road to the abstract. Out of this empty, artificial act of thinking there can result, of course, nothing which bears on the relation of man to himself, and to the universe.
Therapy is the boat across the river, but most don’t want to get off. Don’t blame, forgive, All healing is self-healing.
Don’t blame; forgive. All healing is self-healing.
The Christ of Theology is not alive for us today. He is wrapped in the grave cloths of dogma.
Mysticism occurs whenever a human being sees the separation between the natural and the supernatural, between the temporal and the eternal, as overcome.
I look back upon my youth and realize how so many people gave me help, understanding, courage – very important things to me – and they never knew it. They entered into my life and became powers within me.
We all owe to others much of the gentleness and wisdom that we have made our own; and we may well ask ourselves what will others owe to us.