For the twice born the fire (agni) is a representative of god. The supreme lord resides in the heart of his devotees. Those of average intelligence (alpa-buddhi or kanista-adhikari) see god only in his sri-murti, but those of broad vision see the supreme lord everywhere.
Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.
Government is the political representative of a natural equilibrium, of custom, of inertia; it is by no means a representative of reason.
I think there is no work of art which represents the spirit of a nation more surely than "die meister singer" of richard wagner. Here is no plaything with local colour, but the raising to its highest power all that is best in the national consciousness of his country.
These charges represent an exhaustive investigation which has not concluded but in many ways, has just commenced.