“When the heart is hard and parched up, come upon me with a shower of mercy.When grace is lost from life, come with a burst of song.When tumultuous work raises its din on all sides shutting me out from beyond, come to me, my lord of silence, with thy peace and rest.When my beggarly heart sits crouched, shut up in a corner, break open the door, my king, and come with the ceremony of a king.When desire blinds the mind with delusion and dust, O thou holy one, thou wakeful, come with thy light and thy thunder.”

“Free me as free is the forest fire, as is the thunder that laughs aloud and hurls defiance to darkness.”

“Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers,but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, butfor the heart to conquer it.”

“To thee, to thee, my fire! Thou hast been burning in my heart all these futile years. If my life were a piece of gold it would come out of its trial brighter, but it is a trodden turf of grass, and nothing remains of it but this handful of ashes.”

“We gain freedom when we have paid the full price.”

“We live in the world when we love it.”

“Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.”

“The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.”

“You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.”

“Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.”

“What is Art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of the Real.”