Believe Nothing, Not Even Yourself.

The First Reason For People's Slavery Is Our Ignorance, And Above All, Our Ignorance Of Ourselves.

To Know All, It Is Necessary To Know Very Little; But To Know That Very Little, One Must First Know Pretty Much.

There Is A Cosmic Law Which Says That Every Satisfaction Must Be Paid For With A Dissatisfaction.

Let Us Take Some Event In The Life Of Humanity. For Instance, War. There Is A War Going On At The Present Moment. What Does It Signify? It Signifies That Several Millions Of Sleeping People Are Trying To Destroy Several Millions Of Other Sleeping People. They Would Not Do This, Of Course, If They Were To Wake Up. Everything That Takes Place Is Owing To This Sleep.

He Who Has Gotten Rid Of The Disease Of "tomorrow" Has A Chance Of Achieving What He Is Here For.