"The king cried, 'But I passed through seventy years. I passed through a whole lifetime of seventy years. Did I not?' He looked about and cried, 'Where is that magician?' And everyone looked about, but the magician was gone."
Lavana, p. 23

"One had also to cultivate perfect detachment, which led to a well-poised mind, unaffected by opposites such as good and evil, pain and pleasure, loss and gain, and when one ceased to identify one's real inner soul with extraneous impacts and experiences, one attained equanimity, calmness and imperturbability."
Chudala, p. 27

"A promise made in jest, or under extraordinary circumstances, or to save a life or property, may be broken without any moral consequences. Truth is something more than that, and for all such lapses, there are extenuations."
Yayati, p. 41

"You are an inquirer, and it is my duty to answer you. You must understand that...