Purity, patience and perseverance are the three essentials to success and above all love.

Man can think of divine things only in his own human way, to us the Absolute can be expressed only in our relative language.

In countries where there is no marriage, there is no duty between husband and wife; when marriage comes, husband and wife live together on account of attachment; and that kind of living together becomes settled after generations; and when it becomes so settled, it becomes a duty.

It is an irrational claim to believe in the teachings of Jesus Christ and at the same time to hold that the greater part of his teachings have no application at the present time. If you say that the reason why the powers do not follow them that believe (as Christ said they would) is because you have not faith enough and are not pure enough-that will be all right. But to say that they have no application at the present time is to be ridiculous.

When we use our imagination properly it is our greatest friend; it goes belyond reason and is the only light that takes us everywhere.

All the superior religions had their growth between the Ganga and the Euphrates.

Every change is being forced upon us.