Dependence is misery. Independence is happiness.

External nature is only internal nature writ large.

Our religion teaches that anger is a great sin, even if it is "righteous".

Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.

If there is no strength in body and mind, the Atman cannot be realized. First you have to build the body by good nutritious food-then only will the mind be strong.

What is the use of talking of one's mistakes to the world? They cannot thereby be undone. For what one has done one must suffer; one must try and do better. The world sympathizes only with the strong and the powerful.

Through the grace of the Almighty Power, it is sure to manifest itself in time.