Not in the state of unconsciousness, but in full awareness when the higher Power will descend into and direct us, then only the yogic life will begin.

When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence.

The whole world yearns after freedom, yet each creature is in love with his chains; this is the first paradox and inextricable knot of our nature.

Each victory gained over oneself means new strength to gain more victories.

Our actual enemy is not any force exterior to ourselves, but our own crying weaknesses, our cowardice, our selfishness, our hypocrisy, our purblind sentimentalism.

In order to see, you have to stop being in the middle of the picture

The supreme state of human love is...the unity of one soul in two bodies.

The first principle of true teaching is that nothing can be taught.

The Divine Truth is greater than any religion or creed or scripture or idea or philosophy.

One who loves God finds the object of his love everywhere.

If a religion is not universal, it cannot be eternal. A narrow religion, a sectarian religion, an exclusive religion can live only for a limited time and a limited purpose.

A good book should make you think at the end, not just give a solution to the problem at the end.

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

Life is a game, and it's much more fun if you play it as your own game, so stay light and loose and relaxed.

Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversations.

Since custom is the principal magistrate of man's life, let men by all means endeavor to obtain good customs.

There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe.

The whole of the day should not be daytime; there should be one hour, if not more, which the day did not bring forth.

After I chased the werewolf and the vampire out of my office, I changed my clothes.

Life, sometimes so wearying is worth its weight in gold the experience of traveling lends a wisdom that is old.

I do not find the concept of consorting with unknown persons appealing.