Neither seek nor avoid; take what comes. It is liberty to be affected by nothing. Do not merely endure; be unattached.

He who has infinite patience and infinite energy at his back, will alone succeed.

A monk is not forbidden to marry, but if he takes a wife she becomes a monk with the same powers and privileges and occupies the same social position as her husband.

Oh, to live even for a day in the full light of freedom, to breathe the free air of simplicity! Isn't that the highest purity?

Every one wants to command, and no one wants to obey; and this is owing to the absence of that wonderful brahmacharya system of yore. First, learn to obey. The command will come by itself. Always first learn to be a servant, and then you will be fit to be a master.

All objective pleasure in the long run must bring pain, because of the fact of change or death.

Our supreme duty is to advance toward freedom - physical, mental, and spiritual - and help others to do so.