My religion says that only he who is prepared to suffer can pray to God.

The Sermon on the Mount...went straight to my heart. I compared it with the Gita. My young mind tried to unify the teaching of the Gita, the `Light of Asia' and the Sermon on the Mount. That renunciation was the highest form of religion appealed to me greatly.

India's coming into her own will mean every nation doing likewise.

In matters concerning religion, I consider myself not a child but an adult with 35 years of experience.

Monotony is the law of nature. Look at the monotonous manner in which the sun rises. The monotony of necessary occupation is exhilarating and life giving.

I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.

Even Ramanama is by itself lifeless, but it has become a living symbol of the deity because millions of people have consecrated it.