💬 Quotes

"O thou who art radiant, I have triumphed over the darkness, and I shine forth as the living sun."

"Habits are formed rather by the circumstances of our upbringing, our friends, and our schooling than by conscious choice."

"Impulses are the pivots upon which the re-direction of habits turns, the agencies of social transformation."

"Mind is not a name for something complete, existing by itself; it is a name for a course of action in so far as that activity is consciously directed."

"To think is to anticipate consequences; it is to use present impulses and ideas to forecast what will happen and to plan accordingly."

"Morals is not a catalogue of acts nor a set of rules to be aped and applied, but a certain quality of activity, which is intelligent and social."

"We cannot divide ourselves into two parts, one physical and one mental, nor can we separate the individual from the social environment in which they live."

"Change is necessary for the life of the mind, but ancient habit is necessary for the life of the heart."

"The fundamental idea of anarchism is that all government is based on force, which is bad, and that it can be dispensed with."

"It is not enough that the State should be the owner of all the instruments of production; that only makes the State the universal capitalist, and the position of the worker may be even worse than it is now."

"The impulses which are creative are directed towards the realization of some definite object... the impulses which are possessive have for their end the enjoyment of some privilege or advantage."

"Institutions having a manifold character inevitably suffer from internal friction, and none more so than the State, which has to combine the functions of a judge, a policeman, a soldier, and a schoolmaster."

"Civilization has hitherto been based upon the servitude of the masses; with machinery and scientific production, we can at last contemplate a civilization based upon freedom."

"The soul is not a thing of sudden creation, but a growth of the ages. It has gathered experience through countless lives, and will continue to grow until it reaches perfection."

"Karma is not a system of arbitrary rewards and punishments administered by an external deity, but an immutable law of cause and effect operating in the moral and spiritual world."

"Every thought, desire, and deed sets in motion forces that must eventually return to their source. As we sow, so must we reap."

"Memory of past lives is generally veiled from our present consciousness for a wise purpose; otherwise, the accumulated burdens and griefs of the past would crush our developing minds."

"Man is his own maker. His present condition is the result of his past thoughts and actions, and his future state will be determined by his present endeavors."

"Death is merely an incident in the continuous life of the soul—a period of rest and assimilation between the acts of the great drama of earth-life."

"Heaven helps those who help themselves is a well-tried maxim, embodying in a small compass the results of vast human experience."