“Look at every path closely and deliberately, then ask ourselves this crucial question: Does this path have a heart? If it does, then the path is good. If it doesn't then it is of no use to us.”

“Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker?”

“All of us have a path to follow and the path begins on earth.”

“All paths are the same: they lead nowhere. However, a path without a heart is never enjoyable. On the other hand, a path with heart is easy - it does not make a warrior work at liking it; it makes for a joyful journey; as long as a man follows it, he is one with it.”

“In order to have faith in his own path, he does not need to prove that someone else's path is wrong.”

“If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.”

“For me there is only the traveling on paths that have heart, on any path that may have heart, and the only worthwhile challenge is to traverse its full length--and there I travel looking, looking breathlessly.”

“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.”

“Children, as I have said, use back ways and hidden paths, while adults take roads and official paths.”

“Come, dear heart. Lean on me and let us walk this path together.”