We want the education by which character is formed, strength of mind is increased, the intellect is expanded, and by which one can stand on one's own feet.

If you really want to judge the character of a man, look not at his great performances. Watch a man do his most common actions.

Shivaji was the greatest Hindu king that India had produced within the last thousand years; one who was the very incarnation of lord Siva, about whom prophecies were given out long before he was born; and his advent was eagerly expected by all the great souls and saints of Maharashtra as the deliverer of the Hindus from the hands of the Mlecchas, and as one who succeeded in the reestablishment of Dharma which had been trampled underfoot by the depredations of the devastating hordes of the Moghals

Whether you bathe in the Ganga for a thousand years or live on vegetable food for a like period, unless it helps towards the manifestation of the Self, know that it is all of no use.

None of us have yet seen an ideally perfect man, and yet without that ideal we cannot progress.

The book one must read to learn natural sciences is the book of nature. The book from which to learn religion is your own mind and heart.

Please everyone without becoming a hypocrite or a coward.