The secret of image - worship is that you are trying to develop your vision of Divinity in one thing.

All objective pleasure in the long run must bring pain, because of the fact of change or death.

Infinite strength is religion and God.

At the head of all these laws, in and through every particle of matter and force, stands One through whose command the wind blows, the fire burns, the clouds rain, and death stalks upon the earth. And what is His nature? He is everywhere the pure and formless One, the Almighty and the All Merciful. Thou art our Father. Thou art our beloved Friend.

Those who are acquainted with the literature of India will remember a beautiful old story about this extreme charity, how a whole family, as related in the Mahâbhârata, starved themselves to death and gave their last meal to a beggar. This is not an exaggeration, for such things still happen.

To the Indian mind there is nothing higher than religious ideals, that this is the keynote of Indian life.

Have faith in your destiny