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But The First Differentiation Of Its Reflection In The Manifested World Is Purely Spiritual, And The Beings Generated In It Are Not Endowed With A Consciousness That Has Any Relation To The One We Conceive Of.

We Cut These Numerous Windings In Our Destinies Daily With Our Own Hands, While We Imagine That We Are Pursuing A Track On The Royal High Road Of Respectability And Duty, And Then Complain Of Those Ways Being So Intricate And So Dark. We Stand Bewildered Before The Mystery Of Our Own Making, And The Riddles Of Life That We Will Not Solve, And Then Accuse The Great Sphinx Of Devouring Us.

Hast Thou Attuned Thyself To The Suffering Of Humanity, O Candidate For Light?

The Human Mind Can Hardly Remain Entirely Free From Bias, And Decisive Opinions Are Often Formed Before A Thorough Examination Of A Subject From All Its Aspects Has Been Made.

A Solitary Ascetic Is A Symbol Of The Most Cowardly Egotism; A Hermit Who Flees From His Brothers Instead Of Helping Them To Carry The Burden Of Life, To Work For Others, And To Put Their Shoulders To The Wheel Of Social Life, Is A Coward Who Hides Himself When The Battle Is On, And Goes To Sleep Drunk On An Opiate.