In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Things are as they are. Looking out into it the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.
So then, the relationship of self to other is the complete realization that loving yourself is impossible without loving everything defined as other than yourself.
But at any rate, the point is that God is what nobody admits to being, and everybody really is.
All experiences are preceded by mind, having mind as their master, created by mind.
Purity and impurity depend on oneself; no one can purify another.
Ethical axioms are found and tested not very differently from the axioms of science. Truth is what stands the test of experience.
I never teach my pupils. I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.
It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.