Renunciation is the very basis upon which ethics stands. There never was an ethical code preached which had not renunciation for its basis.

Renunciation is always the ideal of every race; only other races do not know what they are made to do by nature unconsciously.

Thirst after body is the great bane of human life.

There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one point

You cannot take away one atom of matter or one foot-pound of force. You cannot add to the universe one atom of matter or one foot-pound of force. As such, evolution does not come out of zero; then, where does it come from? From previous involution.

Even the greatest fool can accomplish a task if it be after his heart. But the intelligent man is he who can convert every work into one that suits his taste. No work is petty. Everything in this world is like a banyan seed, which, though appearing tiny as a mustard seed, has yet the gigantic banyan tree latent with it. He indeed is intelligent who notices this and succeeds in making all work truly great.

If you have not even a little imagination, you are simply a brute. So you must not lower your ideal, neither are you to lose sight of practicality. We must avoid the two extremes.... You must try to combine in your life immense idealism with immense practicality.