“The seed cannot sprout upwards without simultaneously sending roots into the ground.”

Every man is rich in excuses to safeguard his prejudices, his instincts, and his opinions.

Grain must return to the earth, die, and decompose for new growth to begin.

By knowing one reaches belief. By doing one gains conviction. When you know, dare.

Everyone finds himself in the world where he belongs. The essential thing is to have a fixed point from which to check its reality now and then.

The best and shortest road towards knowledge of truth is Nature.

Not the greatest Master can go even one step for his disciple; in himself he must experience each stage of developing consciousness. Therefore he will know nothing for which he is not ripe.

For every joy there is a price to be paid.

The man who knows how to lead one of his brothers towards what he has known may one day be saved by that very brother.

The first thing necessary in teaching is a master; the second is a pupil capable of carrying on the tradition.

Judge by cause, not by effect.

You will free yourself when you learn to be neutral and follow the instructions of your heart without letting things perturb you. This is the way of Maat.

Seek peacefully, you will find.

The only thing that is humiliating is helplessness.

Know the world in yourself. Never look for yourself in the world, for this would be to project your illusion.

An answer brings no illumination unless the question has matured to a point where it gives rise to this answer which thus becomes its fruit. Therefore learn how to put a question.

One foot isn’t enough to walk with.