If there's a God, we must see him and if there's a soul we must perceive it. Otherwise, it's better not to believe.

Man, therefore, according to the Vedanta philosophy, is the greatest being that is in the universe.

Whether you bathe in the Ganga for a thousand years or live on vegetable food for a like period, unless it helps towards the manifestation of the Self, know that it is all of no use.

Love for yourselves means [in the end] love for everything.

Think of a space in your heart, and in the midst of that space think that a flame is burning. Think of that a flame is burning. Think of that flame as your own soul and inside the flame is another effulgent light, and that is the Soul of your soul, God. Meditate upon that in the heart.

Make no conditions and none will be imposed.

The sum total of all the cells in an organism is one person; so each soul is like one cell and the sum of them is God, and beyond that is the Absolute.