Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. ... Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.

Even the lowest of the Hindus, the Pariah, has less of the brute in him than a Briton in a similar social status. This is the result of an old and excellent religious civilization. This evolution to a higher spiritual state is possible only through discipline and education.

There must be no fear, no begging, but demanding - demanding the Highest. The true devotees of the Mother are as hard, as adamant and as fearless as lions. They are not in the least upset if the whole universe suddenly crumbles into dust at their feet. Make Her listen to you. None of that cringing to Mother! Remember, She is all-powerful; She can make heroes out of stones.

Everything that we know is within our universe, and everything within our universe is moulded by the conditions of space, time, and causation.

Jesus Christ was willing to admit every good man to the family of God. It is not the man who believes a certain something, but the man who does the will of the Father in heaven, who is right. On this basis-being right and doing right-the whole world can unite.

Know this also to be one of the spiritual practices, a discipline for God - realisation. Its aim also is Self - realisation.

To succeed, you must have tremendous perseverance, tremendous will.