Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly.

A word too much always defeats its purpose.

Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour.

To attain something desired is to discover how vain it is; and…though we live all our lives in expectation of better things, we often at the same time long regretfully for what is past. The present, on the other hand, is regarded as something quite temporary and serving only as the road to our goal. That is why most men discover when they look back on their life that they have the whole time been living ad interim, and are surprised to see that which they let go by so unregarded and unenjoyed was precisely their life, was precisely in expectation of which they lived.

Vedas are the most rewarding and the most elevating book which can be possible in the world.

Truth that is naked is the most beautiful, and the simpler its expression the deeper is the impression it makes.

We can regard our life as a uselessly disturbing episode in the blissful repose of nothingness.