Newspapers are the second hand of history.

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 !

The beard, being a half-mask, should be forbidden by the police - It is, moreover, as a sexual symbol in the middle of the face, obscene: that is why it pleases women.

If you want to know your true opinion of someone, watch the effect produced in you by the first sight of a letter from him.

Always to see the general in the particular is the very foundation of genius.

We forfeit three-quarters of ourselves in order to be like other people.

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