Happiness presents itself to man, wearing the crown of sorrow on its head. He who welcomes it must also welcome sorrow.

I believe that the Hindu faith has developed the spiritual in its devotees at the expense of the material, and I think that in the Western world the contrary is true. By uniting the materialism of the West with the spiritualism of the East I believe much can be accomplished. It may be that in the attempt the Hindu faith will lose much of its individuality.

Brave, bold people, these are what we want.

Each man is perfect by his nature; prophets have manifested this perfection, but it is potential in us.

It is the calm, forgiving, equable, well-balanced mind that does the greatest amount of work.

Let positive, strong, helpful thoughts enter into your brains from very childhood. Lay yourselves open to these thoughts, and not to weakening and paralysing ones.

Everyone goes with the flow... but the one who goes against the flow becomes someone remarkable in life.