The same fire that cooks a meal for us may burn a child, and it is no fault of the fire if it does so; the difference lies in the way in which it is used.

Weakness is constant strain and misery: weakness is death.

Two attempts have been made in the world to found social life: the one was upon religion, and the other was upon social necessity. The one was founded upon spirituality, the other upon materialism; the one upon transcendentalism, the other upon realism.

The Upanishads do not reveal the life of any teacher, but simply teach principles.

We are the sons of Light and children of God. Glory unto the Lord, we will succeed.

The more power there is, the more bondage, the more fear.

It is clear to us that, for good or for evil, our vitality is concentrated in our religion. You cannot change it. You cannot destroy it and put in its place another.