A doctrine serves no purpose in itself, but it is indispensable to have one if only to avoid being deceived by false doctrines. |
A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves. |
A man whose mind feels that it is captive would prefer to blind himself to the fact. But if he hates falsehood, he will not do so; and in that case he will have to suffer a lot. He will beat his head against the wall until he faints. He will come to again |
A mind enclosed in language is in prison. |
A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless. |
A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war. |
A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. What is pleasant belongs to dreams. |
A work of art has an author and yet, when it is perfect, it has something which is anonymous about it |
All sins are attempts to fill voids. |
An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God. |
At the bottom of the heart of every human being, from earliest infancy until the tomb, there is something that goes on indomitably expecting, in the teeth of all experience of crimes committed, suffered, and witnessed, that good and not evil will be done |
Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached |
Beauty always promises, but never gives anything. |
Charity. To love human beings in so far as they are nothing. That is to love them as God does. |
Charity. To love human beings in so far as they are nothing. That is to love them as God does. |