“The diversity of language alienates man from man”
“I have said before, and I shall say again, that I write this book for love of your love.”
“You have enemies. For who can live on this earth without them? Take heed to yourselves: love them. In no way can your enemy so hurt you by his violence, as you hurt yourself if you love him not.”
“Teach correctly... Find delight in contemplation.”
“Truth is not private property.”
“The most venerable, clearly understood, enlightened, and reliable constant in the world is not only that we want to be happy, but that we want only to be so. Our very nature requires it of us.”
“We are and we know we are and we love to be it and know it.”
“Love and do what you want. If you stop talking, you will stop talking with love; if you shout, you will shout with love; if you correct, you will correct with love.”
“When all is said and done, is there any more wonderful sight, any moment when man's reason is nearer to some sort of contact with the nature of the world than the sowing of seeds, the planting of cuttings, the transplanting of shrubs or the grafting of slips?”
“Seek not abroad, for in the inner man dwells the truth.”
“So give to the poor; I'm begging you, I'm warning you, I'm commanding you, I'm ordering you.”
“Don't go outside; get back to yourself, in the inner man lies the Truth.”