Live for an ideal, and that one ideal alone. Let it be so great, so strong, that there may be nothing else left in the mind; no place for anything else, no time for anything else.

The history of the world is the history of a few men who had faith in themselves

First, meditation should be of a negative nature. Think away everything. Analyse everything that comes in the mind by the sheer action of the will. Next, assert what we really are-existence, knowledge, and bliss-being, knowing, and loving.

Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.

A man could be in a throne and have no attachment at all; another one could be in rags and have many attachments.

Be perfectly resigned, perfectly unconcerned; then alone can you do any true work. No eyes can see the real forces; we can only see the results. Put out self, forget it; just let God work, it is HIS business.

Ask nothing; want nothing in return. Give what you have to give; it will come back to you, but do not think of that now.