20 quotes
Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.
In Search of the Miraculous (1949)
In right knowledge the study of man must proceed on parallel lines with the study of the world, and the study of the world must run parallel with the study of man.
In Search of the Miraculous (1949)
In speaking of evolution it is necessary to understand from the outset that no mechanical evolution is possible. The evolution of man is the evolution of his consciousness.
In Search of the Miraculous (1949)
One of man’s important mistakes, one which must be remembered, is his illusion in regard to his I.
In Search of the Miraculous (1949)
Man has the possibility of existence after death. But possibility is one thing and the realization of the possibility is quite a different thing.
In Search of the Miraculous (1949)
Most prayers have nothing in common with petitions.
In Search of the Miraculous (1949)
This is exactly what people do not understand.
In Search of the Miraculous (1949)
Objective knowledge, the idea of unity included, belongs to objective consciousness. The forms which express this knowledge when perceived by subjective consciousness are inevitably distorted and, instead of truth, they create more and more delusions.
In Search of the Miraculous (1949)
Therefore if his actions are opposed to those which are demanded by a given religion he cannot assert that he belongs to that religion.
In Search of the Miraculous (1949)
A man may be born, but in order to be born he must first die, and in order to die he must first awake.
In Search of the Miraculous (1949)
A man will renounce any pleasures you like but he will not give up his suffering.
In Search of the Miraculous (1949)
You must understand that ordinary efforts do not count; only superefforts count.
In Search of the Miraculous (1949)
Man is a plurality. Man's name is legion.
In Search of the Miraculous (1949)
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.
In Search of the Miraculous (1949)
Man such as we know him, is a machine.
In Search of the Miraculous (1949)
Man has no permanent and unchangeable I. Every thought, every mood, every desire, every sensation, says "I".
In Search of the Miraculous (1949)
It is the greatest mistake to think that man is always one and the same. A man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom remains the same even for half an hour.
In Search of the Miraculous (1949)
It is impossible to recognize a wrong way without knowing the right way. This means that it is no use troubling oneself how to recognize a wrong way. One must think of how to find the right way.
In Search of the Miraculous (1949)
A man can keep silence in such a ways that no one will even notice it. The whole point is that we say a good deal too much. If we limited ourselves to what is actually necessary, this alone would be keeping the silence.
In Search of the Miraculous (1949)
Man has no individual I. But there are, instead, hundreds and thousands of separate small "I"s, very often entirely unknown to one another, never coming into contact, or, on the contrary, hostile to each other, mutually exclusive and incompatible.
In Search of the Miraculous (1949)