Philosophy insists that there is a joy which is absolute, which never changes.

The sign of death is weakness.

We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves.

As the cause is, so the effect will be.

The sages are often ignorant of physical science, because they read the wrong book-the book within; and the scientists are too often ignorant of religion, because they too read the wrong book-the book outside.

Perfection is not to be attained, it is already within us.

If you think that you are bound, you remain bound; you make your own bondage. If you know that you are free, you are free this moment. This is knowledge, knowledge of freedom. Freedom is the goal of all nature.