A teacher is a sower of seed, a spiritual agriculturist, while he who teaches himself is the wise farmer of his own mental plot.

A strong man cannot help a weaker unless the weaker is willing to be helped, and even then the weak man must become strong of himself; he must, by his own efforts, develop the strength which he admires in another. None but himself can alter his condition.

Your most valuable treasures are the ones which cannot be bought or stolen because they live within your spirit.

The greatest crime in human history was not the creation of the armaments of warfare and destruction of life, but the invention of hand mirror, which enticed humankind to peer at their surface appearance instead of seeking spiritual salvation. Prior to the invention of the mirror, people saw themselves through other people’s eyes or by looking deep within themselves.

All of our relationships and our interactions, the life affirming ones and the challenging ones, show us how far we have come and where we still need to go.

The unceasing flow of thought in all its various forms is an inescapable and defining aspect of the human condition.