All over the world, it is the wise man who enjoys the happiness of the world.
A rich man buys a picture at a cost of a hundred thousand dollars perhaps, but it is the man who understands art that enjoys it; and if the rich man is without knowledge of art, it is useless to him, he is only the owner.
No impure soul can be religious; that is the one great condition; purity in every way is absolutely necessary.
It penetrates into the inmost recesses of our nature, and the whole universe stands up and says, "This is Truth."
Truth stands on its own evidences; it does not require any other testimony to attest it; it is self-effulgent.
No one is born into a religion, but each one is born for a religion.
This world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.
The root of evil is in the illusion that we are bodies. This, if any, is the original sin.
Do not project that tentacle of selfishness, "I must possess it". As soon as that is projected, misery will begin.