So long as the millions live in hunger and ignorance, I hold every man a traitor who, having been educated at their expense, pays not the least heed to them.

When once you consider an action, do not let anything dissuade you. Consult your heart, not others, and then follow its dictates.

The coward, afraid of the lash, with one hand wipes his eyes and gives with the other. Of what avail are such gifts?

The great Vaishnava religion of India has also sprung from a Tamil Pariah - Shathakopa - "who was a dealer in winnowing-fans but was a Yogin all the while".

Your way is the best for you, but that is no sign it is the best for another.

What can be my highest idea of forgiveness? Nothing beyond myself. Which of you can jump out of your own bodies? Which of you can jump out of your own minds? Not one of you.

The day, man will find that he never really dies; that his Soul persists beyond death; he will have no more fear of death.