The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them.

God is cruel and not cruel. He is all being and not being at the same time. Hence He is all contradictions. Nature also is nothing but a mass of contradictions.

God is present in every Jiva; there is no other God besides that. Who serves Jiva serves God indeed.

My faith is in the younger generation, the modern generation. Out of them will come my workers. They will work out the whole problem like lions

Why are people so afraid? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others. We are so lazy, we do not want to do anything ourselves. We want a Personal God, a Savior or a Prophet to do everything for us.

Religion is the life of India, religion is the language of this country, the symbol of all its movements.

Everything that has name and form must begin in time, exist in time, and end in time. These are settled doctrines of the Vedanta, and as such the heavens are given up.