Any man who is really a man must learn to be alone in the midst of others, to think alone for others, and, if necessary, against others.

Each man must learn his own ideal and try to accomplish it: that is a surer way of progress than to take the ideas of another.

There are some dead who are more alive than the living.

Religious faith in the case of the Hindus has never been allowed to run counter to scientific laws, moreover the former is never made a condition for the knowledge they teach, but there are always scrupulously careful to take into consideration the possibility that by reason both the agnostic and atheist may attain truth in their own way. Such tolerance may be surprising to religious believers in the West, but it is an integral part of Vedantic belief.

The greatest human ideal is the great cause of bringing together the thoughts of Europe and Asia; the great soul of India will topple our world.

All these young millionaires were anarchists, of course: when a man possesses everything it is the supreme luxury for him to deny society: for in that way he can evade his responsibilities

It is the artist's business to create sunshine when the sun fails.