God is self-evident, impersonal, omniscient, the Knower and the Master of nature, the Lord of all. He is behind all worship and it is being done according to Him, whether we know it or not.

We have lost faith in ourselves. Therefore to preach the Advaita aspect of the Vedanta is necessary to rouse up the hearts of men, to show them the glory of their souls. It is therefore that I preach this Advaita, and I do so not as a sectarian, but upon universal and widely acceptable grounds.

Shri Krishna says: "Better die in your own path than attempt the path of another."

Nobody has a right now to say that the Hindus are not liberal to a fault.

Faith is not belief, it is the grasp on the Ultimate, an illumination.

We want to know in order to make ourselves free. That is our life: one universal cry for freedom.

As soon as we identify ourselves with the work we do, we feel miserable; but if we do not identify ourselves with it, we do not feel that misery.