Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law. 61. If a travell… - Friedrich Max Müller

61. If a traveller does not meet with one who is his better, or his equal, let him firmly keep to his solitary journey; there is no companionship with a fool.

The true history of the world must always be the history of the few; and as we measure the Himalaya by the height of Mount Everest, we must take the true measure of India from the poets of the Veda, the sages of the Upanishads, the founders of the Vedanta and Sankhya philosophies, and the authors of the oldest law-books, and not from the millions who are born and die in their villages, and who have never for one moment been roused out of their drowsy dream of life.

जिस प्रकार प्रकृति की देदीप्यमान शक्तियों से देवों का उदय हुआ था उसी प्रकार मृतकों के कथनों से कुछ बातें उभरीं, जैसे पितृ, पिता, प्रेत, गत, दयालु, पूर्वज, छाया, आत्माएँ या प्रेत, जिनकी उपासना जितने पूर्ण रूप से भारत में विकसित हुई थी उतनी और कहीं नहीं।

أفكاري موجعة ،وقلبي سقيم ، ونفسي منفردة لا يُحبّها ولا يريدها في العالم أحد ، شَمّت الأرض نعشًا والسماء كفنًا يدورُ حولي، ولم أدرِ احيٌّ أنا أم ميّت ، قضى منذ زمن بعيد.