Man is man so long as he is struggling to rise above nature, and this nature is both internal and external.

The seeker's silence is the loudest form of prayer.

As the cause is, so the effect will be.

We must be bright and cheerful. Long faces do not make religion. Religion should be the most joyful thing in the world, because it is the best.

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

Look not back. No, not even if you see the dearest and nearest cry. Look not back, but forward. We cannot stop. If we stop we die. We have either to go forward or to go backward. We have either to progress or to degenerate.

Religion is the one and sole interest of the people of India.