The Buddhists or the Jains do not depend upon God; but the whole force of their religion is directed to the great central truth in every religion, to evolve a God out of man. They have not seen the Father, but they have seen the Son. And he that hath seen the Son hath seen the Father also.

Only love for the Supreme Lord is true Bhakti. Love for any other being, however great, is not Bhakti. The "Supreme Lord" here means Ishvara, the concept of which transcends what you in the West mean by the personal God. "He from whom this universe proceeds, in whom it rests, and to whom it returns, He is Ishvara, the Eternal, the Pure, the All-Merciful, the Almighty, the Ever-Free, the All-Knowing, the Teacher of all teachers, the Lord who of His own nature is inexpressible Love."

Salvation never will come through hope of reward.

Be strong, get beyond all superstitions, and be free.

So long as we perceive this world in motion, we have to conceive will behind it.

Give up bondage; become a son, be free, and then you can "see the Father", as did Jesus.

You must have an iron will, if you would cross the ocean. You must be strong enough to pierce mountains.