There is, however, only one idea of duty which has been universally accepted by all mankind, of all ages and sects and countries, and that has been summed up in a Sanskrit aphorism thus: "Do not injure any being; not injuring any being is virtue, injuring any being is sin."

Bullies are always cowards.

Practice makes us what we shall be.

Jiva (individual soul) is the conscious ruler of this body, in whom the five life principles come into unity, and yet that very Jiva is the Atman, because all is Atman.

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

The cause of today is the effect of the past and the cause for the future.

The Indian idea is that the soul is formless. Whatever is form must break some time or other.