Thought Creates Character.

A Myth Is Far Truer Than A History, For A History Only Gives A Story Of The Shadows, Whereas A Myth Gives A Story Of The Substances That Cast The Shadows.

In A Deep Metaphysical Sense, All That Is Conditioned Is Illusory. All Phenomena Are Literally 'appearances,' The Outer Masks In Which The One Reality Shows Itself Forth In Our Changing Universe. The More 'material' And Solid The Appearance, The Further Is It From Reality, And Therefore The More Illusory It Is.

The Essence Of Religion Is The Knowledge Of God Which Is Eternal Life. That And Nothing Less Than That Is Religion. Everything Else Is On The Surface, Is Superfluous Save For The Needs Of Men.

Thought Creates Character.

At The Solemn Moment Of Death, Every Man, Even When Death Is Sudden, Sees The Whole Of His Past Life Marshalled Before Him, In Its Minutest Details. For One Short Instant The Personal Becomes One With The Individual And All-knowing Ego. But This Instant Is Enough To Show To Him The Whole Chain Of Causes Which Have Been At Work During His Life.