The animal has its happiness in the senses, the human beings in their intellect, and the gods in spiritual contemplation. It is only to the soul that has attained to this contemplative state that the world really becomes beautiful.

Real love is love for love's sake. I do not ask health or money or life or salvation.

Truth does not pay homage to any society, ancient or modern. Society has to pay homage to Truth or die.

The Absolute is the material of both God and man.

Impurity is a mere superimposition under which your real nature has become hidden. But the real you is already perfect, already strong.

It is very difficult to understand why in this country [India] so much difference is made between men and women, whereas the Vedanta declares that one and the same conscious Self is present in all beings. You always criticize the women, but say what have you done for their uplift? Writing down Smritis etc., and binding them by hard rules, the men have turned the women into manufacturing machines! If you do not raise the women, who are living embodiment of the Divine Mother, don’t think that you have any other way to rise.

We have to practice to become perfect.