The kingdom of heaven is within us. The Jewish idea was a kingdom of heaven upon this earth. That was not the idea of Jesus.

I direct my attention to the individual, to make him strong, to teach him that he himself is divine, and I call upon men to make themselves conscious of this divinity within. That is really the ideal --conscious or unconscious --of every religion.

God is to be worshiped as the one Beloved, dearer than everything in this and the next life.

If the Absolute becomes limited by the mind, It is no more Absolute; It has become finite.

He who wants to become a Bhakta must be strong, must be healthy.

I have long given up the idea of a little house on the Ganges, as I have not the money.

The book one must read to learn natural sciences is the book of nature. The book from which to learn religion is your own mind and heart.