I do not call it religion so long as it is confined to books and dogmas.

Religion in India culminates in freedom.

Thirst after body is the great bane of human life.

Live for an ideal, and that one ideal alone. Let it be so great, so strong, that there may be nothing else left in the mind; no place for anything else, no time for anything else.

Religion and religion alone is the life of India, and when that goes India will die, in spite of politics, in spite of social reforms, in spite of Kubera's wealth poured upon the head of every one of her children.

The disciple must have great power of endurance. Bear all evil and misery without one thought of unhappiness, resistance, remedy, or retaliation. That is true endurance, and that you must acquire.

The world is a demon. It is a kingdom of which the puny ego is king. Put it away and stand firm.