These births and deaths are changes in nature which we are mistaking for changes in us.

All misery and pain come from attachment.

I reached Ghazipur three days ago. Here I am putting up in the house of Babu Satish Chandra Mukherji, a friend of my early age. The place is very pleasant. Close by flows the Ganga, but bathing there is troublesome, for there is no regular path, and it is hard work wading through sands.

Know for certain that there is no power in the universe to injure us unless we first injure ourselves.

It is a retarding element creating hatred and anger, and causing people to fight each other, and making them unsympathetic.

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

To be unselfish, perfectly selfless, is salvation itself; for the man within dies, and God alone remains.