11-2 It is a patient pursuit to bring water from the depth of the ground; one has to deal with much mud in digging before one reaches the water of life.

11-3 In man's search for truth, the first lesson and the last is love. There must be no separation, no I am, and Thou art not. Until man has arrived at that selfless consciousness, he cannot know life and truth.

11-4 By the power of prayer man opens the door of the heart, in which God, the ever-forgiving, the all-merciful, abides.

11-5 To be really sorry for one's errors is like opening the door of heaven.

11-6 Our soul is blessed with the impression of the glory of God whenever we praise Him.

11-7 As a child learning to walk falls a thousand times before he can stand, and after that falls again and again until at last he can walk, so are we as little children before God.

11-8 Self-denial is not renouncing things; it is denying the self; and the first lesson of self-denial is humility.

11-9 The more elevated the soul, the broader the outlook.

11-10 Mastery lies not merely in stilling the mind, but in directing it towards whatever point you desire.

11-11 Our thoughts have prepared us for the happiness or unhappiness we experience.

11-12 When the mind and body are restless, nothing in life can be accomplished. Success is the result of control.

11-13 When speech is controlled, the eyes speak; the glance says what words can never say.

11-14 Words are but the shells of thoughts and feelings.

11-15 Wisdom is not in words, it is in understanding.

11-16 The message of God is like a spring of water: it rises and falls, and makes its way by itself.

11-17 If the eyes and ears are open, the leaves of the trees become as pages of the Bible.

11-18 The soul of all is one soul, and the truth is one truth under whatever religion it is hidden.

11-19 Narrowness is not necessarily devotion, but often appears so.

11-20 It is the soul's light which is natural intelligence.

11-21 The wave is the sea itself; yet, when it rises in the form of a wave, it is the wave; and when you look at the whole of it, it is the sea.

11-22 It is not the solid wood that can become a flute; it is the empty reed.

11-23 Reason is learned from the ever changing world; but true knowledge comes from the essence of life.

11-24 God is within you; you are His instrument, and through you He expresses Himself to the external world.

11-25 It is according to the extent of our consciousness of prayer that our prayer reaches God.

11-26 The heart must be empty in order to receive the knowledge of God.

11-27 As long as in love there is ' you' and 'me,' love is not fully kindled.

11-28 Once you have given up your limited self willingly to the Unlimited, you will rejoice so much in that consciousness that you will not care to be small again.

11-29 The deeper your prayers echo in your own consciousness, the more audible they are to God.

11-30 It is the depth of thought that is powerful, and sincerity of feeling which creates atmosphere.