The Indian mind is first religious, then anything else. So this is to be strengthened.

The past was great no doubt, but I sincerely believe that the future will be more glorious still.

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

Renunciation is in our blood.

Every human being has the right to ask the reason, why, and to have his question answered by himself, if he only takes the trouble.

Those who have succeeded in attaching or detaching their minds at will have succeeded in Pratyahara, which means gathering towards, checking the outgoing powers of the mind, freeing it from the thralldom of the senses. When we can do this, we shall really possess character; then alone we shall have taken a long step towards freedom. Before that, we are mere machines.

This idea of body is a simple superstition. It is superstition that makes us happy or unhappy. It is superstition caused by ignorance that makes us feel heat and cold, pain and pleasure.