"We read the world wrong and say that it deceives us."

"The greed for fruit misses the flower."

"We live in the world when we love it."

"The small wisdom is like water in a glass: clear, transparent, pure. The great wisdom is like the water in the sea: dark, mysterious, impenetrable."

"The roots below the earth claim no rewards for making the branches fruitful."

"The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough."

"I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy."

"Talking nonsense is the sole privilege mankind possesses over the other organisms. It's by talking nonsense that one gets to the truth!"

"We got onto the eternal questions, and it all stayed in the clouds."

"I see the sun, and if I don't see the sun, I know it's there. And to know that the sun is there – that is living."

"Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things."

"Man is a creature who can get accustomed to anything, and I think that is the best definition of him."

"One cannot love what one does not know."

"There is only one thing that I dread: not to be worthy of my sufferings."

"You can be sincere and still be stupid."