The earth is enjoyed by heroes”—this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, “I have no fear.

Nothing else is necessary but these - love, sincerity, and patience.

Self-love is the first teacher of self-renunciation.

This is the first lesson to learn: be determined not to curse anything outside, not to lay the blame upon anyone outside, but stand up, lay the blame on yourself. You will find that is always true. Get hold of yourself.

God is the one goal of all our passions and emotions. If you want to be angry, be angry with Him. Chide your Beloved, chide your Friend. Whom else can you safely chide? Mortal man will not patiently put up with your anger; there will be a reaction. If you are angry with me I am sure quickly to react, because I cannot patiently put up with your anger. Say unto the Beloved, "Why do You not come to me; why do You leave me thus alone?" Where is there any enjoyment but in Him? What enjoyment can there be in little clods of earth?

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.

The Indian mythology has a theory of cycles, that all progression is in the form of waves.