"The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo."

"Spring is the time of the year, when it is summer in the sun and winter in the shade."

"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to a better understanding of ourselves."

"I came to the realization that there were certain public issues that were most usefully dealt with within some sort of framework of at least my private beliefs, if not my private life."

"Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got."

"I know that my Redeemer liveth."

"Stand upon the Self, only then can we truly love the world. Take a very high stand; knowing our universal nature, we must look with perfect calmness upon all the panorama of the world."

"He who has not a good memory should never take upon himself the trade of lying."

"The common curse of mankind,-folly and ignorance."

"Never let the fear of failure be an excuse for not trying. Society tells us that to fail is the most terrible thing in the world, but I know it isn't. Failure is part of what makes us human."