“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.”

“One may not give one's soul to a devil of hate — and remain forever scatheless.”

“One's first love is always perfect until one meets one's second love”

“A Bachelor of Arts is one who makes love to a lot of women, and yet has the art to remain a bachelor.”

“Where the abyss of his wisdom is, he will teach you what he is, and with what wondrous sweetness the loved one and the Beloved dwell one in the other, and how they penetrate each other in such a way that neither of the two distinguishes himself from the other. But they abide in one another in fruition, mouth in mouth, heart in heart, body in body, and soul in soul, while one sweet divine nature flows through them both and being in each other they are both one and they remain completely one -- yes, and remain so forever.”

“Like body and soul theory and practice are one, and like body and soul they are for the most part at loggerheads.”

“No one is truly dead until they are no longer loved.”

“One of the clearest indications of the impending loss of intimacy with one's soul is the failure to recognize the existence of a soul in those over whom power is exercised, especially if the helpless come to be treated as animals, and degraded.”

“Whatever the ultimate fate of my country, my love for you remains, and will remain, undiminished. My non-violence demands universal love, and you are not a small part of it. It is that love which has prompted my appeal to you.”

“Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.”