External nature is only internal nature writ large.

Perfection is always infinite. We are the Infinite already. You and I, and all beings, are trying to manifest that infinity.

Not believing in the glory of our own soul is what the Vedanta calls atheism.

There is no motion in a straight line. A straight line infinitely projected becomes a circle.

The fact is that we have many superstitions, many bad spots and sores on our body - these have to be excised, cut off, and destroyed - but these do not destroy our religion, our national life, our spirituality. Every principle of religion is safe, and the sooner these black spots are purged away, the better the principles will shine, the more gloriously. Stick to them.

Are you unselfish? That is the question. If you are, you will be perfect without reading a single religious book, without going into a single church or temple.

Religion, in India, means realisation and nothing short of that.