There is really no difference between matter, mind and Spirit. They are only different phases of experiencing the One.

You are the creator of your own destiny

There is no motion in a straight line. A straight line infinitely projected becomes a circle.

Do not wait for anybody or anything. Do whatever you can. Build your hope on none.

Marriage is not for individual happiness, but for the welfare of the nation and the caste.

I am what I am, and what I am is always due to him; whatever in me or in my words is good and true and eternal came to me from his mouth, his heart, his soul. Sri Ramakrishna is the spring of this phase of the earth's religious life, of its impulses and activities. If I can show the world one glimpse of my Master, I shall not have lived in vain.

In the world take always the position of the giver.