Mark, therefore, the ordinary theory of practical religion, what it leads to. Charity is great, but the moment you say it is all, you run the risk of running into materialism. It is not religion. It is no better than atheism - a little less.

With the Holy Mother as the centre of inspiration, a Math is to be established on the eastern bank of the Ganga. . . . On the other side of the Ganga a big plot of land will be acquired, where unmarried girls or Brahmacharini widows will live; devout married women will also be allowed to stay now and then. Men will have no concern with this Math.

Charity is great, but the moment you say it is all, you run the risk of running into materialism.

To devote your life to the good of all and to the happiness of all is religion. Whatever you do for your own sake is not religion.

Proclaim the glory of the Atman with the roar of a lion, and impart fearlessness unto all beings by saying, 'Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached'!

In every attempt there are many obstacles to cope with, but gradually the path becomes smooth.

What we call powers, secrets of nature, and force, are all within. In the external world are only a series of changes.