Accepting oneself does not preclude an attempt to become better.

You must not try to make love definite. It is the divine accident of life.

Falsehood is so easy, truth so difficult.

Don’t be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible.

The chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

Open to whatever you experience without fighting. Let it be present just as it is. Let go of the battle.

Love... is the honoring of others in a way that grants them the grace of their own autonomy.

The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.

You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people, if you don't serve the people.