Through faithful practice, layer after layer of the mind opens before us, and each reveals new facts to us.

The chief helps in this liberation are Abhyasa and Vairagya. Vairagya is non - attachment to life, because it is the will to enjoy that brings all this bondage in its train; and Abhyasa is constant practice of any one of the Yogas.

I am indebted to my mother for the efflorescence of my knowledge.

Christians are always wanting God to give them something. They appear as beggars before the throne of the Almighty.

All progress and power are already in every man; perfection is man's nature, only it is barred in and prevented from taking its proper course.

Those who have succeeded in attaching or detaching their minds at will have succeeded in Pratyahara, which means gathering towards, checking the outgoing powers of the mind, freeing it from the thralldom of the senses. When we can do this, we shall really possess character; then alone we shall have taken a long step towards freedom. Before that, we are mere machines.

First, believe in the world - that there is meaning behind everything.