As often as Herman had witnessed the slaughter of animals and fish, he always had the same thought: in their behaviour toward creatures, all men were Nazis. The smugness with which man could do with other species as he pleased exemplified the most extreme racist theories, the principle that might is right.

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.

There should of course be left a field of work for the sake of experiment but at all times one must remember that there will always remain open a possibility of err.

There is no greater pride and glory than to be a perfect instrument of the Master.

What is required is faith. Man has body, life and mind but that is not all that constitutes man. He has risen to the mind as a result of evolution. Now a higher consciousness will be evolved - this I call Supermind. It is the instrument of the Divine Consciousness, the Truth-Consciousness.

War is a dangerous teacher and physical victory leads often to a moral defeat.

The Divine Truth is greater than any religion or creed or scripture or idea or philosophy.