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.

A brave, frank, clean-hearted, courageous and aspiring youth is the only foundation on which the future nation can be built.

The effect is delusion, and therefore the cause must be delusion.

Nothing is gained except by sacrifice.... Do not degrade it to the level of the brutes.... Make yourselves decent men! ... Be chaste and pure! ... There is no other way. Did Christ find any other way?

If you really want to judge the character of a man, look not at his great performances. Watch a man do his most common actions.

Chastity, non-injury, forgiving even the greatest enemy, truth, faith in the Lord, these are all different Vrittis. Be not afraid if you are not perfect in all of these; work, they will come. He who has given up all attachment, all fear, and all anger, he whose whole soul has gone unto the Lord, he who has taken refuge in the Lord, whose heart has become purified, with whatsoever desire he comes to the Lord, He will grant that to him. Therefore worship Him through knowledge, love, or renunciation.

All progress and power are already in every man; perfection is man's nature, only it is barred in and prevented from taking its proper course.