When we use our imagination properly it is our greatest friend; it goes belyond reason and is the only light that takes us everywhere.

High achievements in art, music, etc., are the results of concentration.

To cowards what advice shall I offer? - nothing whatsoever have I to say.

Perfection is one thing and enjoyment another; these two having different ends, engage men differently.

God is true. The universe is a dream. Blessed am I that I know this moment that I have been and shall be free all eternity; ... that I know that I am worshiping only myself; that no nature, no delusion, had any hold on me. Vanish nature from me, vanish these gods; vanish worship; ... vanish superstitions, for I know myself. I am the Infinite. All these - Mrs. So-and-so, Mr. So-and-so, responsibility, happiness, misery - have vanished. I am the Infinite. How can there be death for me, or birth? Whom shall I fear? I am the One. Shall I be afraid of myself? Who is to be afraid of whom?

In nature alone are forms. That which is not of nature cannot have any forms, fine or gross. It must be formless.

So long as even a single dog in my country is without food, my whole religion will be to feed it.