“As one acts and conducts himself, so does he become. The doer of good becomes good. The doer of evil becomes evil. One becomes virtuous by virtuous action, bad by bad action”

“When the mind is silent, beyond weakness or non concentration, then it can enter into a world which is far beyond the mind,the highest End”

“Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.”

“Some are born virtuous, some become virtuous. To be good by nature is indeed fortunate but to become good is like walking on a double-edged sword; it takes a longer time and is more painful.”

“So we are said to be what our desire is. As our desire is, so is our will. As our will is, so are our acts. As we act, so we become.”

“The key question isn't 'What is Evil?' The key question is 'When does the Good become Evil?”

“Bad things happen to good people and good things happen to bad people, because if it was the other way around good people would become bad and bad people would become good.”