What is meant by cause? Cause is the fine state of the manifested state.

You are the creator of your own destiny

We never want Him. We say, "Lord, give me a fine house." We want the house, not Him. "Give me health! Save me from this difficulty!" When a man wants nothing but Him, [he gets Him].

The Gita is like a bouquet composed of the beautiful flowers of spiritual truths collected from the Upanishads.

They alone live whose lives are in the whole universe, and the more we concentrate our lives on limited things, the faster we go towards death. Those moments alone we live when our lives are in the universe, in others; and living this little life is death, simply death, and that is why the fear of death comes.

We must approach religion with reverence and with love, and our heart will stand up and say, this is truth, and this is untruth.

My son, there is no rest for me. That which Sri Ramakrishna called "Kali" took possession of my body and soul three or four days before his passing away. That makes me work and work and never lets me keep still or look to my personal comfort.