According to us, there are three things in the makeup of man. There is the body, there is the mind, and there is the soul.

Purity, perseverance, and energy- these three I want.

Know for certain that there is no power in the universe to injure us unless we first injure ourselves.

Understanding human nature is the highest knowledge, and only by knowing it can we know God. It is also a fact that the knowledge of God is the highest knowledge, and only by knowing God can we understand human nature.

See how the Ganga flows by and what a nice building! I like this place. This is the ideal kind of place for a Math. (in Belur, West Bengal).

Morality is the struggle of the bound will to get free and is the proof that we have come from perfection. . . .

Be not in despair, the way is very difficult, like walking on the edge of a razor; yet despair not, arise, awake, and find the ideal, the goal.