But on the heights of the Himalayas I have a place where I am determined nothing shall enter except pure truth. There I want to work out this idea about which I have spoken to you today. There are an Englishman and an Englishwoman in charge of the place. The purpose is to train seekers of truth and to bring up children without fear and without superstition. They shall not hear about Christs and Buddhas and Shivas and Vishnus - none of these.

If you have knowledge and see a man weak, do not condemn him. Go to his level and help him if you can. He must grow.

Everything has a cause.

Work on with the intrepidity of a lion but at the same time with the tenderness of a flower.

Delusion will vanish as the light becomes more and more effulgent, load after load of ignorance will vanish, and then will come a time when all else has disappeared and the sun alone shines.

How do you know what possibilities lie behind that degradation on the surface? You know but little of that which is within you. For behind you is the ocean of infinite power and blessedness.

Slavery is slavery. The chain of gold is quite as bad as the chain of iron. Is there a way out?