We want the education by which character is formed, strength of mind is increased, the intellect is expanded, and by which one can stand on one's own feet.

That is good. It is a law of nature. That is the way with all founders of religion. Without persecution superior ideas cannot penetrate into the heart of society.

The body is subject to the law of growth and decay, what grows must of necessity decay.

Everything is easy when you are busy. But nothing is easy when you are lazy.

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 world cares little for principles. They care for persons.

We have seemingly been divided, limited, because of our ignorance; and we have become as it were the little Mrs. so - and - so and Mr. so - and - so. But all nature is giving this delusion the lie every moment. I am not that little man or little woman cut off from all else; I am the one universal existence. The soul in its own majesty is rising up every moment and declaring its own intrinsic Divinity.