The consciousness of the seer, is a greater power for knowledge than the consciousness of the thinker. The perceptual power of the inner sight is greater and more direct than the perceptual power of thought.

The supreme end is the freedom of the spirit.

After having stopped the lower activities of the mind, it must be made receptive; and, instead of weaving all kinds of empty and idle thoughts, the mind should receive intuitions from above.

The soul in man is greater than his fate.

There is the physical mind which is mechanical but the awareness which is the essential character (dharma) of the mind is also to some extent present there.

The cup has to be left clean and empty for the divine liquor to be poured into it.

The inside must be made entirely calm and quiet and there should reign an upward aspiration - a state of awaiting.