It is fear that is the greatest cause of misery in the world.

True religion comes not front the teaching of men or the reading of books; it is the awakening of the spirit within us, consequent upon pure and heroic action.

Thank God for giving you this world as a moral gymnasium to help your development, but never imagine you can help the world.

Superstition is great enemy of man but bigotry is worse.

All action of Sattva, a modification of Prakriti characterised by light and happiness, is for the soul. When Sattva is free from egoism and illuminated with the pure intelligence of Purusha, it is called the self-centred one, because in that state it becomes independent of all relations.

We are for ever trying to make our weakness look like strength, our sentiment like love, our cowardice like courage, and so on.

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.