“Books are infinite in number and time is short. The secret of knowledge is to take what is essential. Take that and try to live up to it.”

“What is now wanted is a combination of the greatest heart with the highest intellectuality, of infinite love with infinite knowledge.”

“All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind; the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind.”

“Put the good before them, see how eagerly they take it, see how the divine that never dies, that is always living in the human...”

“Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life; dream of it; think of it; live on that idea. Let the brain, the body, muscles, nerves, every part of your body be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, and this is the way great spiritual giants are produced.”

“Don't look back—forward, infinite energy, infinite enthusiasm, infinite daring, and infinite patience—then alone can great deeds be accomplished.”

“Of one hundred persons who take up the spiritual life, eighty turn out to be charlatans, fifteen insane, and only five, maybe, get a glimpse of the real truth. Therefore beware.”