The Bhagavad-Gita is an empire of thought and in its philosophical teachings Krishna has all the attributes of the full-fledged montheistic deity and at the same time the attributes of the Upanisadic absolute.

A man's library is a sort of harem.

The world is young: the former great men call to us affectionately. We too must write Bibles, to unite again the heavens and the earthly world.

I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.

A good intention clothes itself with sudden power. When a god wishes to ride, any chip or pebble will bud and shoot out winged feet, and serve him for a horse.

The soul refuses limits and always affirms an optimism, never a pessimism.

In all conversation between two persons, tacit reference is made, as to a third party, to a common nature. That third party or common nature is not social; it is impersonal; is God.