Something cannot be made out of nothing. Nor can something be made to go back to nothing.

The Hindus have a peculiar slovenliness in business matters, not being sufficiently methodical and strict in keeping accounts etc.

There may be a million microbes of misery floating about us. Never mind! They dare not approach us, they have no power to get a hold on us, until the mind is weakened.

The best guide in life is strength. In religion, as in all other matters, discard everything that weakens you, have nothing to do with it.

The more you think of yourself as shining immortal spirit, the more eager you will be to be absolutely free of matter, body, and senses. This is the intense desire to be free.

When we suffer, it is because of our own acts; God is not to be blamed for it.

Praise and blame, good and bad, even heat and cold, must be equally acceptable to us.