These will suffice to show that the emancipation of the mind and the soul is a necessary preliminary for the political expansion of the people.

A degree of culture, and assuredly a very high one, is attained when man rises above superstitions and religious notions and fears, and, for instance, no longer believes in guardian angels or in original sin, and has also ceased to talk of the salvation of his soul.

A nation without a conscience is a nation without a soul. A nation without a soul is a nation that cannot live.

When the ego dies, the soul awakes.

Enlarged material powers spell enlarged peril if there is not proportionate growth of the soul.

Virtue is the beauty of the soul.