Our best work is done, our greatest influence is exerted, when we are without thought of self.

Each one has a special nature peculiar to himself which he must follow and through which he will find his way to freedom

Individuality in universality is the plan of creation. Each cell has its part in bringing about consciousness. Man is individual and at the same time universal. It is while realising our individual nature that we realise even our national and universal nature. Each is an infinite circle whose centre is everywhere and circumference nowhere. By practice one can feel universal Selfhood which is the essence of Hinduism. He who sees in every being his own Self is a Pandita (sage).

No one is to blame for our miseries but ourselves.

Out of Mahat comes universal egoism.

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

Nothing is gained except by sacrifice.... Do not degrade it to the level of the brutes.... Make yourselves decent men! ... Be chaste and pure! ... There is no other way. Did Christ find any other way?