The only test of goods things is that they make us strong.

Man is the epitome of all things and all knowledge is in him.

We must get out of materialism.

One possessing Vairagya does not understand by Atman the individual ego but the All-pervading Lord, residing as the Self and Internal Ruler in all. He is perceivable by all as the sum total.

Marriage is not for individual happiness, but for the welfare of the nation and the caste.

Those who are acquainted with the literature of India will remember a beautiful old story about this extreme charity, how a whole family, as related in the Mahâbhârata, starved themselves to death and gave their last meal to a beggar. This is not an exaggeration, for such things still happen.

If you intend to study the mind, you must have systematic training; you must practice to bring the mind under your control.