Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.
Slowly and steadily cleanse the mind; sharpen the intellect, purify the senses, and win grace.
You are the centre of that world. That is the world you live in. Now how will you change the world? By changing yourself.
People will ask me: Don’t you believe in God? No, I don’t. I believe in two things above all: Nature and Love. Nature is all-powerful. Love is how I understand the good. It might have been nice to believe in God, often defined as all-powerful and good, but combining the two like that has always posed too much of a contradiction for my poor mind to believe in.
Let us live happily, we who have no impediments. We shall subsist on joy even as the radiant gods.

