The body is the external coating and the mind is the internal coating of the Atman who is the real perceiver, the real enjoyer, the being in the body who is working the body by means of the internal organ or the mind.

It is contrary to our principles to multiply organizations, since, in all conscience, there are enough of them. And when organizations are created they need individuals to look after them.

If I am immune against all anger, I never feel angry.

Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power.

Infinite patience, infinite purity, and infinite perseverance are the secret of success in a good cause.

Two attempts have been made in the world to found social life: the one was upon religion, and the other was upon social necessity. The one was founded upon spirituality, the other upon materialism; the one upon transcendentalism, the other upon realism.

It is a retarding element creating hatred and anger, and causing people to fight each other, and making them unsympathetic.