The past was great no doubt, but I sincerely believe that the future will be more glorious still.

Renunciation is the very basis upon which ethics stands.

He who knows even how to prepare a smoke properly, knows also how to meditate. And he who cannot cook well cannot be a perfect sannyasin. Unless cooking is performed with a pure mind and concentration, the food is not palatable.

To see God is the one goal. Power is not the goal.

We have seen that our vigour, our strength, nay, our national life is in our religion.

In a difficulty in the company of the central and the instigator, be successful your central.

Advaita is the only system that gives us complete control over ourselves, takes off all dependence and its associated superstitions, thus making us brave to suffer, brave to do, and in the long run, attain to absolute freedom.