Things do not grow better; they remain as they are. It is we who grow better, by the changes we make in ourselves.

This world is not for cowards.

In art, interest must be centred on the principal theme.

When I see an object there is no will; when its sensations are carried to the brain, there comes the reaction, which says "Do this", or "Do not do this", and this state of the ego-substance is what is called will

Meditation is a sort of prayer and prayer is meditation. The highest meditation is to think of nothing. If you can remain one moment without thought, great power will come.

We have none of us seen a form which had not a beginning and will not have an end.

All the strength and succour you want is within yourselves. Therefore make your own future. "Let the dead past bury its dead." The infinite future is before you.