Even the lowest of the Hindus, the Pariah, has less of the brute in him than a Briton in a similar social status. This is the result of an old and excellent religious civilization. This evolution to a higher spiritual state is possible only through discipline and education.

No freedom without renunciation.

Man cannot live upon words, however he may try.

Every atom is working and resisting every thought in the mind. Everything we see and know is but the resultant of these two forces.

The kingdom of heaven is already in existence if we will have it, that perfection is already in man if he will see it.

Self-love is the first teacher of self-renunciation.

We reap what we sow. We are the makers of our own fate. The wind is blowing; those vessels whose sails are unfurled catch it, and go forward on their way, but those which have their sails furled do not catch the wind. Is that the fault of the wind?....... We make our own destiny.