Man dies but once. My disciples must not be cowards.

Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.

Every step I take in light is mine forever.

The Vedas teach that the soul is divine, only held in the bondage of matter; perfection will be reached when this bond will burst, and the word they use for it is, therefore, Mukti - freedom, freedom from the bonds of imperfection, freedom from death and misery.

All progress and power are already in every man; perfection is man's nature, only it is barred in and prevented from taking its proper course.

Let new India arise out of peasants' cottage, grasping the plough, out of huts, cobbler and sweeper.

Self-love is the first teacher of self-renunciation.