How very paltry and limited the normal human intellect is, and how little lucidity there is in the human consciousness, may be judged from the fact that, despite the ephemeral brevity of human life, the uncertainty of our existence and the countless enigmas which press upon us from all sides, everyone does not continually and ceaselessly philosophize, but that only the rarest of exceptions do.

The law of simplicity and naïveté applies to all fine art, for it is compatible with what is most sublime.

It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character.

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.

In many cases hate a person is rooted in the involuntary estimate of its virtues.

Every truth passes through 3 stages before it is recognized 1)ridicule 2) opposition 3) accepted as self-evident.

There is only one inborn error. and that is the notion that we exist in order to be happy.