The less passion there is, the better we work. The calmer we are the better for us and the more the amount of work we can do.

The progress of the world through all its evils making it fit for the ideals, slowly but surely.

Man is the highest being in creation, because he attains to freedom.

The book one must read to learn natural sciences is the book of nature. The book from which to learn religion is your own mind and heart.

The Gita is like a bouquet composed of the beautiful flowers of spiritual truths collected from the Upanishads.

Proselytism is tolerated by Hinduism. Any man, whether he be a Shudra or Chandala, can expound philosophy even to a Brahmin. The truth can be learnt from the lowest individual, no matter to what caste or creed he belongs.

Whenever two particles come together, they are held by a certain attraction; and there will come a time when those particles will separate. This is the eternal law. So, wherever there is a body - either grosser or finer, either in heaven or on earth - death will overcome it.