Take off the veil of hypnotism which you have cast upon the world, send not out thoughts and words of weakness unto humanity.

In everything, there are two kinds of development-analytical and synthetical. In the former the Hindus excel other nations. In the latter they are nil.

Shri Ramakrishna use to say, "As Long as I Live, so long do I learn". That man or that society which has nothing to learn is already in the jaws of death.

None of us have yet seen an ideally perfect man, and yet without that ideal we cannot progress.

Siva, O Siva, carry my boat to the other shore!

When the soul wants to depend upon nothing, not even upon life, that is the height of philosophy, the height of manhood.

This is the great lesson that we are here to learn through myriads of births and heavens and hells - that there is nothing to be asked for, desired for, beyond one's spiritual Self (atman).