Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

What people commonly call Fate is, as a general rule, nothing but their own stupid and foolish conduct.

We must set limits to our wishes, curb our desires, moderate our anger, always remembering that an individual can attain only an infinitesimal share in anything that is worth having; and that on the other hand, everyone must incur many of the ills of life

It is difficult to keep quiet if you have nothing to do

Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other.

How entirely does the Upanishad breathe throughout the holy spirit of the Vedas! How is every one who by a diligent study of its Persian Latin has become familiar with that incomparable book stirred by that spirit to the very depth of his Soul !

Religion is the metaphysics of the masses.