"True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create theirown."
"How simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. . . . All that is required to feel that here and now is happiness is a simple, frugal heart."
"Every perfect traveler always creates the country where he travels."
"I said to the almond tree, 'Friend, speak to me of God,' and the almond tree blossomed."
"I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free."