The power which works through the formative principles of every religion in every country is manifested in the forms of religion. . .

Desire can be eradicated from the roots by firmly imbibing the four attributes of: Jnan, Atmanishtha, Vairagya, Dharma and the full fledged devotion to God.

Bullies are always cowards.

We must not forget that health is only a means to an end. If health were the end, we would be like animals; animals rarely become unhealthy.

They alone live, who live for others.

Brave, bold men, these are what we want. What we want is vigor in the blood, strength in the nerves, iron muscles and nerves of steel, not softening namby-pamby ideas. Avoid all these. Avoid all mystery. There is no mystery in religion. Is there any mystery in the Vedanta, or in the Vedas, or in the Samhitâs, or in the Puranas? What secret societies did the sages of yore establish to preach their religion? What sleight-of-hand tricks are there recorded as used by them to bring their grand truths to humanity?

Principles must conquer in the long run, for that is the manhood of man.