We are bound to earth by desire and also to God, heaven, and the angels. A slave is a slave whether to man, to God, or to angels.

Charity is great, but the moment you say it is all, you run the risk of running into materialism.

God is self-evident, impersonal, omniscient, the Knower and the Master of nature, the Lord of all. He is behind all worship and it is being done according to Him, whether we know it or not.

Do not figure out big plans at first, but, begin slowly, feel your ground and proceed up and up.

The world is a demon. It is a kingdom of which the puny ego is king. Put it away and stand firm.

Neither numbers nor powers nor wealth nor learning nor eloquence nor anything else will prevail, but purity, living the life, in one word, anubhuti, realisation. Let there be a dozen such lion-souls in each country, lions who have broken their own bonds, who have touched the Infinite, whose whole soul is gone to Brahman, who care neither for wealth nor power nor fame, and these will be enough to shake the world.

The older I grow, the more I see behind the idea of the Hindus that man is the greatest of all beings.