Charity is great, but the moment you say it is all, you run the risk of running into materialism.

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

The cheerful mind perseveres and the strong mind hews its way through a thousand difficulties.

The great Vaishnava religion of India has also sprung from a Tamil Pariah - Shathakopa - "who was a dealer in winnowing-fans but was a Yogin all the while".

It is nature that is driving us towards perfection, and eventually she will bring everyone there.

You are the Children of God, the sharers of immortal bliss, holy and perfect beings. You divinities on earth. Come up, O lions, and shake off the delusion that you are sheep; you are souls immortal, spirits free, blest and eternal; you are not matter, you are not bodies; matter is your servant,not you the servant of matter.

First get rid of the delusion "I am the body," then only will we want real knowledge.