If people insist that honor is dearer than life itself, what they really mean is that existence and well-being are as nothing compared with other people's opinions. Of course, this may be only an exaggerated way of stating the prosaic truth that reputation, that is, the opinion others have of us, is indispensable if we are to make any progress in the world.

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

To forgive and forget means to throw away dearly bought experience.

Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination.

The world is my representation

If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it.

That human life must be some kind of mistake is sufficiently proved by the simple observation that man is a compound of needs which are hard to satisfy; that their satisfaction achieves nothing but a painless condition in which he is only given over to boredom . . .