Above all, India is the land of religion.

Poetry and philosophy will become friends.

Liberty in thought and action is the only condition of life, growth and well-being: Where it does not exist, the man, the race, and the nation must go down.

Do one thing at a Time, and while doing it put your whole Soul into it to the exclusion of all else.

The first sign of your becoming religious is that you are becoming cheerful

Every one wants to command, and no one wants to obey; and this is owing to the absence of that wonderful brahmacharya system of yore. First, learn to obey. The command will come by itself. Always first learn to be a servant, and then you will be fit to be a master.

The sculptor, the painter the musician the dancer, or any artist, if he can first obtain celebrate in Paris, acquires very easily the esteem and eulogy of other countries.