"Comfort" is no test of truth; on the contrary, truth is often far from being "comfortable".

All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.

We are all the time, from our childhood, trying to lay the blame upon something outside ourselves. We are always standing up to set right other people, and not ourselves. If we are miserable, we say, "Oh, the world is a devil's world." We curse others and say, "What infatuated fools!" But why should we be in such a world, if we really are so good? If this is a devil's world, we must be devils also; why else should we be here? "Oh, the people of the world are so selfish!" True enough; but why should we be found in that company, if we be better? Just think of that.

Man makes the mistake of separating himself from God and identifying himself with the body.

In every attempt there are many obstacles to cope with, but gradually the path becomes smooth.

Jiva (individual soul) is the conscious ruler of this body, in whom the five life principles come into unity, and yet that very Jiva is the Atman, because all is Atman.

We have to cover everything with the Lord himself, not a false sort of optimism, not by blinding our eyes to the evil, but by really seeing God in everything.