In every attempt there are many obstacles to cope with, but gradually the path becomes smooth.

Are you unselfish? That is the question. If you are, you will be perfect without reading a single religious book, without going into a single church or temple.

The sum total of all the cells in an organism is one person; so each soul is like one cell and the sum of them is God, and beyond that is the Absolute.

Never producing pain by thought, word, and deed, in any living being, is what is called Ahimsâ, non-injury.

The best guide in life is strength. In religion, as in all other matters, discard everything that weakens you, have nothing to do with it.

You must also remember that the world has God to govern it, and He has not left it to our charity. The Lord God is its Governor and Maintainer, and in spite of these wine fanatics and cigar fanatics, and all sorts of marriage fanatics, it would go on. If all these persons were to die, it would go on none the worse.

He who conquers self conquers all.