Without struggle, no progress and no result. Every breaking of habit produces a change in the machine.

A considerable percentage of the people we meet on the street are people who are empty inside, that is, they are actually already dead. It is fortunate for us that we do not see and do not know it. If we knew what a number of people are actually dead and what a number of these dead people govern our lives, we should go mad with horror.

You can never awaken using the same system that put you to sleep in the first place.

Meat is necessary when there is hard physical work to be done, or in a very cold climate, or when edible plants cannot be found...Animal flesh provides all the substances we need, both for the intensive working of our organism and for maintaining a normal temperature in cold climates.

Real love is a cosmic force which goes through us. If we crystallize it, it becomes the greatest power in the world.

Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness.

By teaching others you will learn yourself.