Do not be afraid of a small beginning. great things come afterwards. Be courageous. Do not try to lead your brethren, but serve them. The brutal mania for leading has sunk many a great ships in the waters of life. Take care especially of that, i.e. be unselfish even unto death, and work.

We get caught. How? Not by what we give but by what we expect. We get misery in return for our love: not from the fact that we love but from the fact that we want love in return. There is no misery where there is no want. Desire, want, is the father of all misery. Desires are bound by the laws of success and failure. Desires must bring misery.

Truth does not pay homage to any society, ancient or modern. Society has to pay homage to Truth or die.

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

Die in obeying commands like a soldier, and go to Nirvana, but no cowardice.

Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. ... Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.

The glory of man is that he is a thinking being. It is the nature of man to think and therein he differs from animals