We must be bright and cheerful. Long faces do not make religion. Religion should be the most joyful thing in the world, because it is the best.

Work done for the Self gives no bondage. Neither desire pleasure nor fear pain from work. It is the mind and body that work, not I. Tell yourself this unceasingly and realise it. Try not to know that you work.

Who makes us ignorant? We ourselves. We put our hands over our eyes and weep that it is dark.

Holiness sincerity, and faith.

It is good and very grand to conquer external nature, but grander still to conquer our internal nature.... This conquering of the inner man, understanding the secrets of the subtle workings that are within the human mind, and knowing its wonderful secrets, belong entirely to religion.

Real freedom is not merely doing what you like, but also NOT doing what you like.

I hate cowardice; I will have nothing to do with cowards or political nonsense.