We can accept God becoming Man to save Man, but not Man becoming God to save himself.

A chief cause of unhappiness is what I call mental movies. Mental movies are a misuse of the imagination. You know how it goes. You have a painful experience with someone, then run it over and over in your mind. You visualize what you said, what he did, how you both felt. As awful as it is, you feel compelled to repeat the film day and night. It is as if you were locked inside a theatre playing a horrible movie.

The Truth must be told at all costs, no matter how unpopular it may be. The authentic spiritual leader, having freed himself of his own false need to be popular, tells the Truth whether it falls on fertile or stony ground. Such a teacher is the salt of the earth, though few know it. If you think the world is delirious as is, you would find it intolerable without his healing influence.

Don't look for someone in whom to believe. Believe in yourself. The only authentic authority is your own original nature.

Persistence prevails, like a stream that is temporarily blocked by boulders and then collects force enough to overflow onward.

The problem is not what other people think, do or say; it is your reaction.

Beauty is only skin deep, but it's a valuable asset if you're poor or haven't any sense.