Who makes us ignorant? We ourselves. We put our hands over our eyes and weep that it is dark.

This earth is higher than all the heavens; this is the greatest school in the universe.

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.

Man is the highest being that exists, and this is the greatest world.

The coward, afraid of the lash, with one hand wipes his eyes and gives with the other. Of what avail are such gifts?

Know for certain that there is no power in the universe to injure us unless we first injure ourselves.

Advance like a hero. Do not be thwarted by anything. How many days will this body last, with its happiness and misery? When you have the human body, then rouse the Atman within and say-I have reached the state of fearlessness!...and then as long as the body endures, speak unto others this message of fearlessness: 'Thou art That', 'Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached'