One point of difference between Hinduism and other religions is that in Hinduism we pass from truth to truth-from a lower truth to a higher truth-and never from error to truth.

When we use our imagination properly it is our greatest friend; it goes belyond reason and is the only light that takes us everywhere.

He who knows even how to prepare a smoke properly, knows also how to meditate. And he who cannot cook well cannot be a perfect sannyasin. Unless cooking is performed with a pure mind and concentration, the food is not palatable.

Let us give out of our own bounty, just as God gives to us.

My countrymen should have nerves of steel, muscles of iron, and minds like thunderbolt.

Both the forces of good and evil will keep the universe alive for us, until we awake from our dreams and give up this building of mud pies.

National prosperity is another name for death and degradation to millions of other races.