Man is the highest being that exists, and this is the greatest world.

Was there ever a more horrible blasphemy than the statement that all the knowledge of God is confined to this or that book? How dare men call God infinite, and yet try to compress Him within the covers of a little book!

An atheist can be charitable but not religious. But the religious man must be charitable.

He who knows even how to prepare a smoke properly, knows also how to meditate. And he who cannot cook well cannot be a perfect sannyasin. Unless cooking is performed with a pure mind and concentration, the food is not palatable.

What makes you weep, my friend? In you is all power. Summon up your all-powerful nature, O mighty one, and this whole universe will lie at your feet. It is the Self alone that predominates, and not matter.

...Really, there is no greater sin than cowardice; cowards are never saved - that is sure. I can stand everything else but not that.

We are ever free if we would only believe it, only have faith enough.