The highest that a man can attain is to be able to do.

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

Every ceremony or rite has a value if it is performed without alteration. A ceremony is a book in which a great deal is written. Anyone who understands can read it. One rite often contains more than a hundred books.

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.

In properly organized groups no faith is required; what is required is simply a little trust and even that only for a little while, for the sooner a man begins to verify all he hears the better it is for him.

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

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