All progress and power are already in every man; perfection is man's nature, only it is barred in and prevented from taking its proper course.

Mark you, if you give up spirituality, leaving it aside to go after the materializing civilization of the West, the result will be that in three generations you will be an extinct race; because the backbone of the nation will be broken, the foundation upon which the national edifice has been built will be undermined, and the result will be annihilation all round.

The man who gives way to anger, or hatred, or any other passion, cannot work; he only breaks himself to pieces, and does nothing practical. It is the calm, forgiving, equable, well-balanced mind that does the greatest amount of work.

As soon as extreme attachment comes, a man loses himself, he is no more master of himself, he is a slave.

Never producing pain by thought, word, and deed, in any living being, is what is called Ahimsâ, non-injury.

Get away from all books and forms and let your soul see its Self. "We are deluded and maddened by books", Shri Krishna declares.

This life is a tremendous assertion of freedom