Jiva (individual soul) is the conscious ruler of this body, in whom the five life principles come into unity, and yet that very Jiva is the Atman, because all is Atman.

It's the coward who says, 'This is fate'...It's the strong who stands up & says 'I will make my fate'

He whom the sages have been seeking in all these places is in our own hearts; the voice that you heard was right, says Vedanta, but the direction you gave to the voice was wrong.

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

Man is the product of two forces, action and reaction, which make him think.

The happiest is the man who is not at all selfish.

What we want now is an immense awakening of Râjasika energy, for the whole country is wrapped in the shroud of Tamas. The people of this land must be fed and clothed-must be awakened -must be made more fully active. Otherwise they will become inert, as inert as trees and stones. So, I say, eat large quantities of fish and meat, my boy!