Renunciation is the very basis upon which ethics stands.

The body is subject to the law of growth and decay, what grows must of necessity decay.

A man could be in a throne and have no attachment at all; another one could be in rags and have many attachments.

Who can break the law? If I break this glass, it will fall down. If anyone succeeds in throwing one atom out of place, every other atom will go out of balance. . . . The law can never be broken. Each atom is kept in its place. Each is weighed and measured and fulfils its [purpose] and place. Through His command the winds blow, the sun shines. Through His rule the worlds are kept in place. Through His orders death is sporting upon the earth. Just think of two or three Gods having a wrestling match in this world! It cannot be.

The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.

Nature grinds all of us. Keep count of the ounce of pleasure you get. In the long run, nature did her work through you, and when you die your body will make other plants grow. Yet we think all the time that we are getting pleasure ourselves. Thus the wheel goes round.

To see God is the one goal. Power is not the goal.