Marriage or non-marriage, good or evil, learning or ignorance, any of these is justified, if it leads to the goal.

The calm man is not the man who is dull. You must not mistake Sattva for dullness or laziness. The calm man is the one who has control over the mind waves. Activity is the manifestation of inferior strength, calmness, of the superior.

Children of those ancient Aryans, through the grace of the Lord may you have the same pride, may that faith in your ancestors come into your blood, may it become a part and parcel of your lives, may it work towards the salvation of the world!

My Master used to say, when a pitcher is being filled (by immersion), it gurgles, but when full, it is noiseless.

I could not for my soul distinguish ever the distinction between "religious anger" and "commonplace anger", "religious killing" and "commonplace killing", "religious slandering and irreligious", and so forth.

We shall have to work like lions, keeping the ideal before us, without caring whether "the wise ones praise or blame us".

Let us work without desire for name or fame or rule over others. Let us be free from the triple bonds of lust, greed of gain, and anger. And this truth is with us!