The essential thing in religion is making the heart pure; the Kingdom of Heaven is within us, but only the pure in heart can see the King. While we think of the world, it is only the world for us; but let us come to it with the feeling that the world is God, and we shall have God.

If I am immune against all anger, I never feel angry.

We have to keep the body in good health; we have to take care of what we eat and drink, and what we do.

Pay particular attention to your health, but too much coddling of the body will, on the contrary, also spoil the health.

Renunciation is of the mind.

The uplift of the women, the awakening of the masses must come first, and then only can any real good come about for the country, for India.

You of the West are practical in business, practical in great inventions, but we of the East are practical in religion. You make commerce your business; we make religion our business.