Man is more miserable, more restless and unsatisfied than ever before, simply because half his nature--the spiritual--is starving for true food, and the other half--the material--is fed with bad food.

His works had a major influence on the spread of Eastern yoga and mysticism to the West. His writings express his view that meditation and the inward quest are not exclusively for monks and hermits but will also support those living normal active lives in the Western world.