First, believe in the world-that there is meaning behind everything.

First get rid of the delusion 'I am the body,' then only will we want real knowledge.

Freedom can never be reached by the weak. Throw away all weakness. Tell your body that it is strong, tell your mind that it is strong, and have unbounded faith…

Fill the brain with high thoughts, highest ideals, place them day and night before you, and out of that will come great work.

What good is life unless you give it away - unless you give it for a better world, even if you never see that world but have only carried your grain to the bui…

Architecture was my way of expressing my ideals: to be simple, to create a world equal to everyone, to look at people with optimism, that everyone has a gift. …

The religious vision, and its history of persistent expansion, is our one ground for optimism. Apart from it, human life is a flash of occasional enjoyments li…