The soul that is attached to anything, however much good there may be in it, will not arrive at the liberty of Divine union. For whether it be a strong wire rope or a slender and delicate thread that holds the bird, it matters not, if it really holds it fast; for until the cord be broken, the bird cannot fly.
What parents inculcate in the child is permanently there because childhood is the most impressionable time of life.
Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can’t see where it keeps its brain.
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
Who knows this truly, and who will now declare it, what paths lead together to the gods? Only their lowest aspects of existence are seen, who exist on supreme, mystical planes.
