As the cause is, so the effect will be.

In Shankaracharya we saw tremendous intellectual power, throwing the scorching light of reason upon everything.

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.

Purity, patience and perseverance are the three essentials to success and above all love.

All progress and power are already in every man; perfection is man's nature, only it is barred in and prevented from taking its proper course.

If the Lord wills, we shall make this Math a great centre of harmony. Our Lord is the visible embodiment of the harmony of all ideals. He will be established on earth if we keep alive that spirit of harmony here. We must see to it that people of all creeds and sects, from the Brahmana down to the Chandala, may come here and find their respective ideals manifested.

I want each one of my children to be a hundred times greater than I could ever be. Everyone of you must be a giant- must, that is my word. Obedience, readiness, and love for the cause- if you have these three, nothing can hold you back.