Dependence is misery. Independence is happiness.

Be grateful that the poor man is there, so that by making a gift to him you are able to help yourself

Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good; every action that retards it is evil.

The finer the instrument, the greater the power. The mind is much finer and more powerful than the body.

The power of meditation gets us everything. If you want to get power over nature, [you can have it through meditation]. It is through the power of meditation all scientific facts are discovered today. They study the subject and forget everything, their own identity and everything, and then the great fact comes like a flash.

Many of us get many messages in our lives, or think we get them. As long as the message is regarding our own selves, go on doing what you please. But when it is in regard to our contact with and behavior to others, think a hundred times before you act upon it-and then you will be safe.

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