Even the least work done for others awakens the power within; even thinking the least good of others gradually instills into the heart the strength of a lion.

May the Lord ordain that your son becomes a man, and never a coward!

Take any path you like; follow any prophet you like; but have only that method which suits your own nature, so that you will be sure to progress.

Love makes no distinction between man and man, between an Aryan and a Mlechchha, between a Brâhmana and a Pariah, nor even between a man and a woman. Love makes the whole universe as one's own home. True progress is slow but sure. Work among those young men who can devote heart and soul to this one duty - the duty of raising the masses of India. Awake them, unite them, and inspire them with this spirit of renunciation; it depends wholly on the young people of India.

Cut the bondage of all worldly affections; go beyond laziness and all care as to what becomes of you.

That man has reached immortality who is disturbed by nothing material.

What is marriage but the renunciation of unchastity? The savage does not marry. Man marries because he renounces.