Let us take some event in the life of humanity. For instance, war. There is a war going on at the present moment. What does it signify? It signifies that several millions of sleeping people are trying to destroy several millions of other sleeping people. They would not do this, of course, if they were to wake up. Everything that takes place is owing to this sleep.

Blessed is he who has a soul, blessed is he who has none, but woe and grief to him who has it in embryo.

The first reason for people's slavery is our ignorance, and above all, our ignorance of ourselves.

Awakening is possible only for those who seek it and want it, for those who are ready to struggle with themselves and work on themselves for a very long time and very persistently in order to attain it.

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

Begin with the possible; begin with one step.

Man has the possibility of existence after death. But possibility is one thing and the realization of the possibility is quite a different thing.