The heart yields spontaneity; the mind bends to understanding.

Virtue, once bragged about, once you pride yourself upon it, ceases to be such.

Light, Love, and Will - the one is as necessary as the other; the one is dangerous without the others. Light, Love, and Will are the three eternal, vital sources of the higher, truer, purer cosmic life.

Self-reliance leads to intellectual independence. Each man must think for himself, must train the mind to think, must habituate the soul to observe and analyze.

... And if Europe gives Arabia a railway, Arabia gives Europe an idea - which I think balances the account.

My first wish is to be simple in my actions, truthful in my speech, honest in my opinions, and natural in my behavior. In other words, I want to be clean in mind, heart, and body.

True up-bringing is restricted to two types of welfare; the welfare of the body and that of the mind.