Philosophy Quote by Paul Brunton — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Although the pure truth has never been stated, nevertheless it has never been lost. Its existence does not depend upon human statement but upon human sensitivity. In this it is unlike all other knowledge.”

“He is beginning to master wisdom when he tries to learn how not to try.”

“The source of wisdom and power, of love and beauty, is within ourselves, but not within our egos. It is within our consciousness. Indeed, its presence provides us with a conscious contrast which enables us to speak of the ego as if it were something different and apart: it is the true Self whereas the ego is only an illusion of the mind.”

“When every situation which life can offer is turned to the profit of spiritual growth, no situation can really be a bad one.”

“Whoever wants the "I" to yield up its mysterious and tremendous secret must stop it from looking perpetually in the mirror, must stop the little ego's fascination with its own image.”

“Bolje biti zatucan nego istucan!”

“It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion.”

“If a man has character, he has also his typical experience, which always recurs.”

“The road ahead is long and there will be many setbacks. Success is not assured… but the price of failure has never been this high.”

“You know, people think mathematics is complicated. Mathematics is the simple bit. It's the stuff we can understand. It's cats that are complicated. I mean, what is it in those little molecules and stuff that make one cat behave differently than another, or that make a cat? And how do you define a cat? I have no idea.”

“The method of 'postulating' what we want has many advantages ; they are the same as the advantages of theft over honest toil.”