We have seen that our vigour, our strength, nay, our national life is in our religion.

Books are only made so that they may point the way to a higher life; but no good results unless the path is trodden with unflinching steps!

No matter what that makes elastic - sharply, intellectually and sincerely, keep at bay it as noxious waste.

Work, my children, work with your whole heart and soul! That is the thing. Mind not the fruit of work. What if you go to hell working for others? That is worth more than to gain heaven by seeking your own salvation... Sri Ramakrishna came and gave his life for the world. I will also sacrifice my life.

God is one the paths to reach him (religions) are many - just as different rivers, originating in different mountains, traverse different paths, flowing straight or crooked, and at last join the ocean. He is the one Lord of all, the one Soul of all souls.

Weakness is constant strain and misery: weakness is death.

Anything that makes weak - physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison.