Morality is the struggle of the bound will to get free and is the proof that we have come from perfection. . . .

I have long given up the idea of a little house on the Ganges, as I have not the money.

When the soul wants to depend upon nothing, not even upon life, that is the height of philosophy, the height of manhood.

To give up the world is to forget the ego, to know it not at all - living in the body, but not of it.

Ishvara is the highest manifestation of the Absolute Reality, or in other words, the highest possible reading of the Absolute by the human mind. Creation is eternal, and so also is Ishvara.

The one who actually succeeds in making himself believe that he is having a good time is the man of splendid physical health.

If you want to be a yogi, you must be free, and place yourself in circumstances where you are alone and free from all anxiety. One who desires a comfortable and nice life and at the same time wants to realize the Self is like the fool who, wanting to cross the river, caught hold of a crocodile, mistaking it for a log of wood.