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.

God is very merciful to those whom He sees struggling heart and soul for spiritual realization. But remain idle, without any struggle, and you will see that His grace will never come.

See how the Ganga flows by and what a nice building! I like this place. This is the ideal kind of place for a Math. (in Belur, West Bengal).

Pay particular attention to your health, but too much coddling of the body will, on the contrary, also spoil the health.

Body is an unreal dream, and we think we are all bodies.

Real freedom is not merely doing what you like, but also NOT doing what you like.

Even the greatest fool can accomplish a task if it be after his heart. But the intelligent man is he who can convert every work into one that suits his taste. No work is petty. Everything in this world is like a banyan seed, which, though appearing tiny as a mustard seed, has yet the gigantic banyan tree latent with it. He indeed is intelligent who notices this and succeeds in making all work truly great.