Man is greater than the gods.

Change is the nature of all objective things.

Understanding human nature is the highest knowledge, and only by knowing it can we know God. It is also a fact that the knowledge of God is the highest knowledge, and only by knowing God can we understand human nature.

The great Vaishnava religion of India has also sprung from a Tamil Pariah - Shathakopa - "who was a dealer in winnowing-fans but was a Yogin all the while".

Man is man so long as he is struggling to rise above nature, and this nature is both internal and external.

We are the living devils.

Man is the best mirror, and the purer the man, the more clearly he can reflect God.