Quote of the day
I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
Ernest Wood
Born: August 18, 1883
Died: September 17, 1965 (aged 82)
Bio: Ernest Egerton Wood was a noted English yogi, theosophist, Sanskrit scholar, and author of numerous books, including Concentration An Approach to Meditation, Yoga and The Pinnacle of Indian Thought.
Known for:
- Concentration: An Approach to Meditation (1900)
- The seven rays (1925)
- Seven schools of yoga (1931)
- Great systems of yoga (1954)
- Zen dictionary (1962)