I want to start two institutions, one in Madras and one in Calcutta, to carry out my plan; and that plan briefly is to bring the Vedantic ideals into the everyday practical life of the saint or the sinner, of the sage or the ignoramus, of the Brahmin or the Pariah.

I hear, Western people say, "The world was created for us." If tigers could write books, they would say, man was created for them and that man is a most sinful animal, because he does not allow him (the tiger) to catch him easily. The worm that crawls under your feet today is a God to be.

Worship of society and popular opinion is idolatry.

He who wants to become a Bhakta must be strong, must be healthy.

We do not seek to thrust the principles of our religion upon anyone. The fundamental principles of our religion forbid that.

It is practice first, and knowledge afterwards.

Differentiation is in name and form only.