External motion we call action; internal motion is human thought.

Everything, both mental and physical, is rigidly bound by the law of causation.

"Comfort" is no test of truth; on the contrary, truth is often far from being "comfortable".

No effect of work can be eternal.

We, we, and none else, are responsible for what we suffer. We are the effects, and we are the causes.

Forget not that thy marriage, thy wealth, thy life are not for sense-pleasure, are not for thy individual personal happiness.

Experience is the only teacher we have. We may talk and reason all our lives, but we shall not understand a word of truth until we experience it ourselves.