When you talk and think of the Absolute, you have to do it in the relative; so all these logical arguments apply.

Dependence is misery. Independence is happiness.

The less passion there is, the better we work. The calmer we are the better for us and the more the amount of work we can do.

The apparent man is only a limitation of that Real Man.

Think of a space in your heart, and in the midst of that space think that a flame is burning. Think of that a flame is burning. Think of that flame as your own soul and inside the flame is another effulgent light, and that is the Soul of your soul, God. Meditate upon that in the heart.

This craving for health, wealth, long life, and the like - the so - called good - is nothing but an illusion.

But on the heights of the Himalayas I have a place where I am determined nothing shall enter except pure truth. There I want to work out this idea about which I have spoken to you today. There are an Englishman and an Englishwoman in charge of the place. The purpose is to train seekers of truth and to bring up children without fear and without superstition. They shall not hear about Christs and Buddhas and Shivas and Vishnus - none of these.