We do not want nowadays temples of worship and outward rites and ceremonies. What we really want is an Asram. We want a place where the beauty of nature and the noblest pursuits of man are in a sweet harmony.

It sometimes strikes me how immensely fortunate I am that each day should take its place in my life, either reddened with the rising and setting sun, or refreshingly cool with deep, dark clouds, or blooming like a white flower in the moonlight. What untold wealth!

Religion, like poetry, is not a mere idea, it is expression. The self-expression of God is in the endless variety of creation; and our attitude toward the Infinite Being must also in its expression have a variety of individuality ceaseless and unendi.

A lamp can only light another lamp when it continues to burn in its own flame.

The flower fades and dies; but he who wears the flower has not to mourn for it for ever.

‎This I know... That often when I sang, and drummed, and danced, I found my eternity.

The artist is the lover of nature; therefore he is her slave and her master.