A man may call to mind the face of his friend, but not his own. Here, then, is an initial difficulty in the way of applying the maxim, Know Thyself.

Motives are causes experienced from within.

Night gives a black look to everything, whatever it may be.

Men are the devils of the earth, and the animals are its tormented souls.

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

To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away.

Our moral virtues benefit mainly other people; intellectual virtues, on the other hand, benefit primarily ourselves; therefore the former make us universally popular, the latter unpopular.