Do not go for glass beads leaving the mine of diamonds. This life is a great chance. What, seekest thou the pleasures of the world? He is the fountain of all bliss. See for the highest, aim at that highest, and you shall reach the highest.

God is to be worshiped as the one Beloved, dearer than everything in this and the next life.

A brave, frank, clean-hearted, courageous and aspiring youth is the only foundation on which the future nation can be built.

The animal man lives in the senses. If he does not get enough to eat, he is miserable; or if something happens to his body, he is miserable. In the senses both his misery and his happiness begin and end.

Religion is the one and sole interest of the people of India.

The Absolute does not change, or re-evolve.

Are you unselfish? That is the question. If you are, you will be perfect without reading a single religious book, without going into a single church or temple.