Preaching has always been the business of the Asiatics. The Western people are grand in organisation, social institutions, armies, governments, etc.; but when it comes to preaching religion, they cannot come near the Asiatic, whose business it has been all the time, and he knows it, and he does not use too much machinery.

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.

Our own selfishness makes us the most arrant cowards; our own selfishness is the great cause of fear and cowardice.

The natural state of this universe is attraction; and that is surely followed by an ultimate disunion.

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

Take any path you like; follow any prophet you like; but have only that method which suits your own nature, so that you will be sure to progress.

The brain and muscles must develop simultaneously. Iron nerves with an intelligent brain — and the whole world is at your feet.