Just as a prayer may be merely a mechanical intonation as of a bird, so may a fast be a mere mechanical torture of the flesh.

The story of Ramakrishna is a story of religion in practice. His life enables us to see God face to face.... In this age of skepticism Ramakrishna presents an example of a bright and living faith which gives solace to thousands of men and women who would otherwise have remained without spiritual light.

I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.

Man does not live by bread alone. Many prefer self-respect to food.

A love that is based on the goodness of those whom you love is a mercenary affair.

Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.

Buddha emphasized and re-declared the eternal and unalterable existence of the moral government of this universe. He unhesitatingly said that the law was God Himself.