A wave in the ocean is a wave, only in so far as it is bound by name and form.

The highest manifestation of strength is to keep ourselves calm and on our own feet.

Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. ... Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.

Infinite patience, infinite purity, and infinite perseverance are the secret of success in a good cause.

Let us blame none, let us blame our own Karma.

What makes you weep, my friend? In you is all power. Summon up your all-powerful nature, O mighty one, and this whole universe will lie at your feet. It is the Self alone that predominates, and not matter.

See Christ, then you are a Christian; all else is talk.