Perfection is one thing and enjoyment another; these two having different ends, engage men differently.

Every Hindu knows that astrologers try to fix the caste of every boy or girl as soon as he or she is born. That is the real caste - the individuality, and Jyotisha (astrology) recognises that. And we can only rise by giving it full sway again. This variety does not mean inequality, nor any special privilege.

March on, the Lord is our General.

Never producing pain by thought, word, and deed, in any living being, is what is called Ahimsâ, non-injury.

Do one thing at a Time, and while doing it put your whole Soul into it to the exclusion of all else.

How do you know what possibilities lie behind that degradation on the surface? You know but little of that which is within you. For behind you is the ocean of infinite power and blessedness.

"I do not want to get material life, do not want the sense-life, but something higher." That is renunciation. Then, by the power of meditation, undo the mischief that has been done.