While doing work if the mind continues to be active let it be so, but there must be at the same time a capacity for silence.

Recover the source of all strength in yourself, and all else will be added to you ... political freedom, the mastery of human thought, the hegemony of the world.

Perfect health, sincerity, honesty, straightforwardness, courage, disinterestedness, unselfishness, patience, endurance, perseverance, peace, calm, self control are all things that are taught infinitely better by example than by beautiful speeches.

To be free from all egoistic motive, careful of truth in speech and action, void of self-will and self-assertion, watchful in all things, is the condition for being a flawless servant.

One must have first of all a solid foundation.

Be conscious first of thyself within, then think and act.

Until you get a guidance from above you cannot be sure; but to get this guidance it requires time and sadhana.