A man must not only have faith but intellectual faith too. To make a man take up everything and believe it, would be to make him a lunatic.

There is no salvation for man until he sees God, realises his own soul.

Excessive attention to the minutiae of astrology is one of the superstitions which has hurt the Hindus very much.

Christians are always wanting God to give them something. They appear as beggars before the throne of the Almighty.

A changeable God would be no God.

High achievements in art, music, etc., are the results of concentration.

Dâna, charity. There is no higher virtue than charity. The lowest man is he whose hand draws in, in receiving; and he is the highest man whose hand goes out in giving. The hand was made to give always. Give the last bit of bread you have even if you are starving. You will be free in a moment if you starve yourself to death by giving to another. Immediately you will be perfect, you will become God.