Materialism and all its miseries can never be conquered by materialism.

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

The essence of Vedanta is that there is but one Being and that every soul is that Being in full, not a part of that Being.

He whose book of the heart has been opened needs no other books.

Let people say whatever they like, stick to your own convictions, and rest assured, the world will be at your feet. They say, "Have faith in this fellow or that fellow", but I say, "Have faith in yourself first", that's the way. Have faith in yourself-all power is in you-be conscious and bring it out. Say, "I can do everything."

Never mind failures; they are quite natural, they are the beauty of life, these failures. What would life be without them? It would not be worth having if it were not for struggles. Where would be the poetry of life? Never mind the struggles, the mistakes. I never heard a cow tell a lie, but it is only a cow-never a man. So never mind these failures, these little backslidings; hold the ideal a thousand times, and if you fail a thousand times, make the attempt once more.

Eka-Nishtha or devotion to one ideal is absolutely necessary for the beginner in the practice of religious devotion.