The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.

You do not like to suffer yourself. How can you inflict suffering on others?

That is the ego which rises and sinks periodically. But you exist always. That which lies beyond the ego is consciousness - the Self.

If you make the thief the policeman there will be lots of investigation but no arrests will ever be made.

Apart from thoughts, there is no independent entity called the world. In deep sleep there are no thoughts, and there is no world. In the states of waking and dream, there are thoughts, and there is a world also. Just as the spider emits the thread (of the web) out of itself and again withdraws it into itself, likewise the mind projects the world out of itself and again resolves it into itself.

Whenever a thought arises, instead of trying even a little either to follow it up or to fulfil it, it would be better to first enquire, "To whom did this thought arise?"

Food affects the mind. For the practice of any kind of yoga, vegetarianism is absolutely necessary since it makes the mind more pure and harmonious.