Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.
Real love is a cosmic force which goes through us. If we crystallize it, it becomes the greatest power in the world.
From looking at your neighbor and realizing his true significance, and that he will die, pity and compassion will arise in you for him and finally you will love him.
It is very difficult also to sacrifice one’s suffering. A man will renounce any pleasures you like but he will not give up his suffering.
The degree of consciousness corresponds to the degree of density or the speed of vibrations. The denser the matter, the less conscious it is.
If you help others, you will be helped, perhaps tomorrow, perhaps in one hundred years, but you will be helped. Nature must pay off the debt. It is a mathematical law and all life is mathematics.
He who has gotten rid of the disease of “tomorrow” has a chance of achieving what he is here for.
In properly organized groups no faith is required; what is required is simply a little trust and even that only for a little while, for the sooner a man begins to verify all he hears the better it is for him.
Man has the possibility of existence after death. But possibility is one thing and the realization of the possibility is quite a different thing.
The first reason for people’s slavery is our ignorance, and above all, our ignorance of ourselves.
Sincerity is the key which will open the door through which you will see your separate parts, and you will see something quite new. You must go on trying to be sincere. Each day you put on a mask, and you must take it off little by little.
Blessed is he who has a soul, blessed is he who has none, but woe and grief to him who has it in embryo.
Never think of results, just do!
Time began when you were born. It will end when you die.
If a sufficient number of people who wanted to stop war really did gather together, they would first of all begin by making war upon those who disagreed with them. And it is still more certain that they would make war on people who also want to stop wars but in another way.
A miracle is not the breaking of physical laws, but rather represents laws which are incomprehensible to us.
A ‘sin’ is something which is not necessary.
Every ceremony or rite has a value if it is performed without alteration. A ceremony is a book in which a great deal is written. Anyone who understands can read it. One rite often contains more than a hundred books.
Nothing can be attained without suffering but at the same time one must begin by sacrificing suffering.
What is possible for individual man is impossible for the masses.
By teaching others you will learn yourself.