In every man and in every animal, however weak or wicked, great or small, resides the same omnipresent, omniscient soul. The difference is not in the soul, but in the manifestation. Between me and the smallest animal, the difference is only in manifestation, but as a principle he is the same as I am, he is my brother, he has the same soul as I have. This is the greatest principle that India has preached.

All objective pleasure in the long run must bring pain, because of the fact of change or death.

Is God to blame for what I myself have done?

This is a great fact: strength is life; weakness is death. Strength is felicity, life eternal, immortal; weakness is constant strain and misery, weakness is death.

Form and formless are intertwined in this world. The formless can only be expressed in form and form can only be thought with the formless.

Purity, patience and perseverance are the three essentials to success and above all love.

If you have infinite patience and perseverance, success is bound to come. No mistake in that.