A man can only attain knowledge with the help of those who possess it. This must be understood from the very beginning. One must learn from him who knows.

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.

If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest.

A man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom remains the same even for half an hour.

A man will renounce any pleasures you like but he will not give up his suffering.

Self-observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change. And in observing himself a man notices that self-observation itself brings about certain changes in his inner processes. He begins to understand that self-observation is an instrument of self-change, a means of awakening.