Anagarika Govinda quotes:

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  • To the enlightened man... whose consciousness embraces the universe, to him the universe becomes his 'body', while the physical body becomes the manifestation of the universal mind. His inner vision an expression of the highest reality, and his speech an expression of eternal truth and mantric power.

  • Do not keep what you have selfishly bottled up; pour it out, share it with the world.

  • Religion without art is a dead system of dogmas which have no effect on life.

  • The feeling of awe and sense of wonder arises from the recognition of the deep mystery that surrounds us everywhere, and this feeling deepens as our knowledge grows.

  • Surely it is the right wish that draws us to the right place. Nothing of importance happens accidentally in our life.

  • Our real nature is not our imaginary, limited ego. Our true nature is vast, all-comprehensive, and intangible as empty space.

  • The forces which move the cosmos are not different from those which move the human soul.

  • The power of the creative imagination is not only merely content with observing the world as it is, accepting a given reality, but is capable of creating a new reality by transforming the inner as well as the outer world

  • The ultimate way of Being lies beyond all contradictory pairs of opposites

  • The wonders of a journey consist far more of such intangible experiences and unexpected situations than of factual things and events of material reality.

  • Every individual has the potentiality to become enlightened in the course of this life or later existences

  • To see the greatness of a mountain, one must keep one's distance.

  • The faculty of continual transformation... is a profound expression of the dynamic character of the mind

  • The greatest artist is one who expresses what is felt by everybody.

  • The cloud represents the creative power of the mind, which can assume any imaginable form. It is the ideal medium of creation for the enlightened mind, which manifests itself on the plane of timeless meditative vision.

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