The Hindu, the Oriental, says that the physical is but the shadow of the Eternal, of the Truth; and he says 'In order to understand the Truth, I must let the shadow go, and not concern myself with it, but with the understanding of the Eternal.' So he does not concern himself with the physical. He is more concerned with the quality of mind and heart. Hence there is disease, there is disorder, and there is chaos and neglect and the gradual running down of the physical.

Pain itself destroys pain. Suffering itself frees man from suffering.

If I do not understand myself, the whole complexity of myself, I have no basis for thinking.

Contentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth.

Acquiring knowledge is a form of imitation.

Identification prevents and perverts the flow of thought-feeling.

It is necessary for all of us to awaken in ourselves this spirit of cooperation, for then it will not be a mere plan or agreement which causes us to work together, but an extraordinary feeling of togetherness, the sense of joy in being and doing together without any thought of reward or punishment.