The man who gives way to anger, or hatred, or any other passion, cannot work; he only breaks himself to pieces, and does nothing practical. It is the calm, forgiving, equable, well-balanced mind that does the greatest amount of work.

Each man has a mission in life, which is the result of all his infinite past Karma.

Man is the highest being that exists, and this is the greatest world.

In Shankaracharya we saw tremendous intellectual power, throwing the scorching light of reason upon everything.

That is the great fact which you ought to remember. We are the children of the Almighty, we are sparks of the infinite, divine fire. How can we be nothings? We are everything, ready to do everything, we can do everything, and man must do everything.

Language is the chief means and index of a nation's progress.

I am a socialist not because I think it is a perfect system, but half a loaf is better than no bread. The other system has been tried and found wanting