Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness

All that exists is but the manifestation of the Supreme Being.

See who is the doubter, who is the thinker. It is the ego. Hold it; the other thoughts will die away - the ego will be left pure. See the source from where the ego arises and abide in it. That is pure consciousness.

As you are, so is the world.

There are no impediments to meditation. The very thought of such obstacles is the greatest impediment.

Self-reform automatically brings about social reform.

Every living being longs always to be happy, untainted by sorrow; and everyone has the greatest love for himself, which is solely due to the fact that happiness is his real nature. Hence, in order to realize that inherent and untainted happiness, which indeed he daily experiences when the mind is subdued in deep sleep, it is essential that he should know himself. For obtaining such knowledge the inquiry 'Who am I?' in quest of the Self is the best means.