There do exist enquiring minds, which long for the truth of the heart, seek it, strive to solve the problems set by life, try to penetrate to the essence of things and phenomena and to penetrate into themselves. If a man reasons and thinks soundly, no matter which path he follows in solving these problems, he must inevitably arrive back at himself, and begin with the solution of the problem of what he is himself and what his place is in the world around him.

Every grown-up man consists wholly of habits, although he is often unaware of it and even denies having any habits at all.

Only super-efforts count.

If you can serve a cup of tea right, you can do anything.

Humanity is moving in a circle. The progress in mechanical things of the past hundred years has proceeded at the cost of losing many other things which perhaps were much more important for it.

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

Two things in life are infinite; the stupidity of man and the mercy of God.