A man could be in a throne and have no attachment at all; another one could be in rags and have many attachments.

The finer is always the cause, the grosser the effect. So the external world is the effect, the internal the cause.

It is always for greater joy that you give up the lesser. This is practical religion-the attainment of freedom, renunciation. Renounce the lower so that you may get the higher. Renounce! Renounce! Sacrifice! Give up! Not for zero. Not for nothing. But to get the higher.

The three essentials of Hinduism are belief in God, in the Vedas as revelation, in the doctrine of Karma and transmigration.

Get up, and set your shoulder to the wheel - How long is this life for? As you have come into this world, leave some mark behind. Otherwise, where is the difference between you and the trees and stones? They too come into existence, decay and die.

The only test of goods things is that they make us strong.

Man is born to conquer nature and not to follow it.