“If there is anything that links the human to the divine, it is the courage to stand by a principle when everybody else rejects it.”

“I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.”

“Without compassion, we will never know anyone or anything, not even our own story. Too much judgment, too many ideas and attitudes will stand in the way of the fundamental principle that we are similar to, connected with, and part of everything else.”

“Humans cannot reject temptation. When they are plunged into the depths of despair, likened to hell, they will hold on to anything that may help them escape from the situation they are in, even if it's merely a spider's thread, no matter what sort of humans they are.”

“I am human and I need to be loved,just like everybody else does.”

“I never knew teachers are human beings like everybody else-- and better too!”