I do not care what philosophy you take up; only I am ready to prove here that throughout the whole of India, there runs a mutual and cordial string of eternal faith in the perfection of humanity, and I believe in it myself. And let that faith be spread over the whole land.

If the mind is pleased with praise, it will be displeased with blame.

You must have an iron will, if you would cross the ocean. You must be strong enough to pierce mountains.

What we want is progress, development, realisation.

That man has reached immortality who is disturbed by nothing material.

What we want now is an immense awakening of Râjasika energy, for the whole country is wrapped in the shroud of Tamas. The people of this land must be fed and clothed-must be awakened -must be made more fully active. Otherwise they will become inert, as inert as trees and stones. So, I say, eat large quantities of fish and meat, my boy!

There is but one temple - the body. It is the only temple that ever existed.