In the study of theosophy and its application to daily life, man will find his inner life. But no man can find its splendor if he is looking for the outer expression of it. He must look for something that his heart yearns for. There is not a man living, provided he knows how to think and his brain is properly balanced, who does not yearn for something better, who does not aim for something higher and more true, and who does not aspire to become a nobler man. Not very much, you will agree.
Selfishness governs the world, and selfishness is the insanity of the age.
In the different countries of Europe which I have visited one can see the misery and the agony, the torture, the suffering, and the injustices that have been inflicted upon the people as the result of this insanity expressing itself in the Great War. That war created a hell that we shall not move away from for many years. And we in America also took part in it, and we have yet to suffer for it too. Let us realize that every century has its own time and way of doing things. And right now, this very hour, will never come again.