Every psychic advance of man arises from the suffering of the soul.

Every human life contains a potential, if that potential is not fulfilled, then that life was wasted.

It is really the mistake of our age. We think it is enough to discover new things, but we don't realize that knowing more demands a cor­responding development of morality.

The squaring of the circle is a stage on the way to the unconscious, a point of transition leading to a goal lying as yet unformulated beyond it. It is one of those paths to the centre.

A particularly beautiful woman is a source of terror. As a rule, a beautiful woman is a terrible disappointment.

The decisive question for man is: Is he related to something infinite or not? That is the telling question of his life. Only if we know that the thing which truly matters is the infinite can we avoid fixing our interest upon futilities, and upon all kinds of goals which are not of real importance.

Yoga in Mayfair or Fifth Avenue, or in any other place which is on the telephone, is a spiritual fake.