Work, apart from devotion or love of God, is helpless and cannot stand alone.

One cannot be spiritual as long as one has shame, hatred, or fear.

If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them.

If you meditate on your ideal, you will acquire its nature. If you think of God day and night, you will acquire the nature of God.

As for myself, I look upon all women as my Mother. This is a very pure attitude of mind. There is no risk or danger in it. To look upon a woman as one's sister is also not bad. But the other attitudes are very difficult and dangerous. It is almost impossible to keep to the purity of the ideal.

Do yourself what you wish others to do.

The rishis of old attained the Knowledge of Brahman. One cannot have this so long as there is the slightest trace of worldliness. How hard the rishis laboured ! Early in the morning they would go away from the hermitage, and would spend the whole day in solitude, meditating on Brahman. At night they would return to the hermitage and eat a little fruit or roots. They kept their mind aloof from the objects of sight, hearing, touch, and other things of a worldly nature. Only thus did they realize Brahman as their own inner conciousness.