One may gain political and social independence, but if one is a slave to his passions and desires, one cannot feel the pure joy of real freedom

Stick to God! Who cares what comes to the body or to anything else! Through the terrors of evil, say-my God, my love! Through the pangs of death, say-my God, my love! Through all the evils under the sun, say-my God, my love! Thou art here, I see Thee. Thou art with me, I feel Thee. I am Thine, take me. I am not of the world's but Thine, leave not then me.

The uplift of the women, the awakening of the masses must come first, and then only can any real good come about for the country, for India.

The help which tends to make us spiritually strong is the highest help, next to it comes intellectual help and after that comes physical help.

Truth will never come into our minds so long as there will remain the faintest shadow of Ahamkâra (egotism). All of you should try to root out this devil from your heart. Complete self-surrender is the only way to spiritual illumination.

All these disciplines are for the purification of the heart. And as soon as it is pure, all truths flash upon it in a minute; all truth in the universe will manifest in your heart, if you are sufficiently pure.

Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good; every action that retards it is evil.