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.

In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects.

Beauty is truth's smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.

By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.

Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree.

We gain freedom when we have paid the full price.

Those who own much have much to fear.

Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.

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

Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.

Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation.

Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.

Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.

The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence.

Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.

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

Do not say, 'It is morning,' and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as a newborn child that has no name.

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

Gray hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are but hairs, as in the young.

Music fills the infinite between two souls.

Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.

Facts are many, but the truth is one.

If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out.

Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.

To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth.

Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them.

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.

We live in the world when we love it.

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