No better commentary on the Vedas has been written or can be written.

The will is not free - it is a phenomenon bound by cause and effect - but there is something behind the will which is free.

Out of Mahat comes universal egoism.

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.

That intense faith in another world, that intense hatred for this world, that intense power of renunciation, that intense faith in God, that intense faith in the immortal soul, is in you. I challenge anyone to give it up. You cannot. You may try to impose upon me by becoming materialists, by talking materialism for a few months, but I know what you are; if I take you by the hand, back you come as good theists as ever were born. How can you change your nature?

Whenever there is a conflict between the pure heart and the intellect, always side with the pure heart.

The more power there is, the more bondage, the more fear.