We are ever free if we would only believe it, only have faith enough. You are the soul, free and eternal, ever free, ever blessed. Have faith enough and you will be free in a minute.

Art must be in touch with nature - and wherever that touch is gone, Art degenerates - yet it must be above nature.

The Hindus have to learn a little bit of materialism from the West and teach them a little bit of spirituality.

Renunciation, and renunciation alone, is the real secret, the Mulamantra, of all Realisation.

Be a hero. Always say, 'I have no fear.' Tell this to everyone - 'Have no fear.'

A tremendous stream is flowing toward the ocean, carrying us all along with it; and though like straws and scraps of paper we may at times float aimlessly about, in the long run we are sure to join the Ocean of Life and Bliss.

In Shankaracharya we saw tremendous intellectual power, throwing the scorching light of reason upon everything.