This misery that I am suffering is of my own doing, and that very thing proves that it will have to be undone by me alone.

A golden chain is as much a chain as an iron one. Shri Ramakrishna used to say that, to pick out one thorn which has stuck into the foot, another thorn is requisitioned, and when the thorn is taken out, both are thrown away. So the bad tendencies are to be counteracted by the good ones, but after that, the good tendencies have also to be conquered.

The ideal of womanhood in India is motherhood - that marvellous, unselfish, all - suffering, ever - forgiving mother.

Holy meditation helps to burn out all mental impurities.

Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being.

This ego - the less there is of it, the nearer I am to that which I really am: the universal body.

Give up all self, all egotisms get out of anger, lust, give all to God. "I am not, but Thou art; the old man is all gone, only Thou remainest." "I am Thou." Blame none; if evil comes, know the Lord is playing with you and be exceeding glad.