Consciously or unconsciously, we are all striving for perfection. Every being must attain to it.

This craving for health, wealth, long life, and the like - the so - called good - is nothing but an illusion.

I believe that the Hindu faith has developed the spiritual in its devotees at the expense of the material, and I think that in the Western world the contrary is true. By uniting the materialism of the West with the spiritualism of the East I believe much can be accomplished. It may be that in the attempt the Hindu faith will lose much of its individuality.

Even forgiveness, if weak and passive, is not true: fight is better. Forgive when you could bring legions of angels to the victory.

The cheerful mind perseveres and the strong mind hews its way through a thousand difficulties.

Ahimsa (non-killing), truthfulness, purity, mercy, and godliness are always to be kept.

Praise and blame, good and bad, even heat and cold, must be equally acceptable to us.