As many kinds of wreaths can be made from a heap of flowers, so many good things may be achieved by a mortal when once he is born. - Friedrich Max Müller

Would you say that any one sacred book is superior to all others in the world? ... I say the New Testament, after that, I should place the Koran, which in its moral teachings, is hardly more than a later edition of the New Testament. Then would follow according to my opinion the Old Testament, the Southern Buddhist Tripitaka, the Tao-te-king of Laotze, the Kings of Confucius, the Veda and the Avesta.

222. He who holds back rising anger like a rolling chariot, him I call a real driver; other people are but holding the reins.

सब होते हुए कहीं कुछ भी तो स्पष्ट और सत्य नहीं है। यहाँ तक कि वेद के कुछ ऋषियों तथा परवर्ती वेदान्तदर्शन के माननेवाले तत्त्व-चिन्तकों ने भी स्पष्ट रूप से यह समझ लिया था कि तथ्य यही है।