There is one thing to be remembered: that the assertion 'I am God' cannot be made with regard to the sense-world.

Love and charity for the whole human race, that is the test of true religiousness.

A man must not only have faith but intellectual faith too. To make a man take up everything and believe it, would be to make him a lunatic.

Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvellous work. It is fear that is the great cause of misery in the world. It is fear that is the greatest of all superstitions. It is fear that is the cause of all our woes, and it is fearlessness that brings heaven even in a moment. Therefore, "arise, awake and stop not until the goal is reached.

In Shankaracharya we saw tremendous intellectual power, throwing the scorching light of reason upon everything.

According to the Hindu way of thinking, marriage is rather a duty than a privilege.

Man is greater than the gods.