God is always God, but the views which people and nations may take of him vary. No higher view is known than that of love.

When death is so certain, it is better to die for a good cause.

The weak, the fearful, the ignorant will never reach the Atman. You cannot undo what you have done; the effect must come. Face it, but be careful never to do the same thing again. Give up the burden of all deeds to God. Give all, both good and bad. God helps those who do not help themselves.

Through the senses, anger comes, and sorrow comes.

Since everything emanates from God, he is the embodied principle in every being. Each one of us is made from God. Tat twam asi - "You are That One" who is eternally blissful, that one principle manifesting itself as this variety of Creation.

The progress and civilisation of the human race simply mean controlling this nature.

To be more free is the goal of all our efforts, for only in perfect freedom can there be perfection.