The man who goes up in a balloon does not feel as if he were ascending; he only sees the earth sinking deeper below him.

The effect of music is so very much more powerful and penetrating than is that of the other arts, for these others speak only of the shadow, but music of the essence.

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

All wanting comes from need, therefore from lack, therefore from suffering.

Religion is the metaphysics of the masses.

It is only a man's own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them. For it is these that he really and completely understands. To read the thoughts of others is like taking the remains of someone else's meal, like putting on the discarded clothes of a stranger.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.