Man is not mind, he is soul.

To realize the spirit as spirit is practical religion. Everything else is good so far as it leads to this one grand idea.

The greatest help to spiritual life is meditation. In meditation we divest ourselves of all material conditions and feel our divine nature. We do not depend upon any external help in meditation. The touch of the soul can paint the brightest color even in the dingiest places; it can cast a fragrance over the vilest thing; it can make the wicked divine-and all enmity, all selfishness is effaced.

Don't you find that in a weak physique it is difficult to control the sex - appetite or anger?

Through the grace of the Almighty Power, it is sure to manifest itself in time.

Go and preach to all, 'Arise, awake, sleep no more: within each of you there is the power to remove all wants and all miseries. Believe this, and that power will be manifested.

To devote your life to the good of all and to the happiness of all is religion. Whatever you do for your own sake is not religion.