there are very few who can think, but every man wants to have an opinion; and what remains but to take it ready-made from others, instead of forming opinions for himself?

The greatest intellectual capacities are only found in connection with a vehement and passionate will.

There is no opinion, however absurd, which men will not readily embrace as soon as they can be brought to the conviction that it is generally adopted.

I am often surprised by the cleverness, and now and again by the stupidity, of my dog; and I have similar experiences with mankind.

In the whole world there is no study so beneficial and so elevating as that of the Upanishads. It has been the solace of my life, it will be the solace of my death.

The heavy armor becomes the light dress of childhood; the pain is brief, the joy unending.

The reason domestic pets are so lovable and so helpful to us is because they enjoy, quietly and placidly, the present moment.