The man who becomes angry never does a great amount of work, and the man whom nothing can make angry accomplishes so much.

Art is - representing the beautiful. There must be Art in everything.

He who is alone is happy. Do good to all, like everyone, but do not love anyone. It is a bondage, and bondage brings only misery. Live alone in your mind - that is happiness. To have nobody to care for and never minding who cares for one is the way to be free.

The essence of Vedanta is that there is but one Being and that every soul is that Being in full, not a part of that Being.

Every atom is working and resisting every thought in the mind. Everything we see and know is but the resultant of these two forces.

Here in India, it is religion that forms the very core of the national heart. It is the backbone, the bed-rock, the foundation upon which the national edifice has been built. Politics, power, and even intellect form a secondary consideration here. Religion, therefore, is the one consideration in India.

The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them.