The greatest sin is to think that you are weak. No one is greater: realize that you are Brahman. Nothing has power except what you give it.

In nature alone are forms. That which is not of nature cannot have any forms, fine or gross. It must be formless.

I reached Ghazipur three days ago. Here I am putting up in the house of Babu Satish Chandra Mukherji, a friend of my early age. The place is very pleasant. Close by flows the Ganga, but bathing there is troublesome, for there is no regular path, and it is hard work wading through sands.

The greatest sin is to think that you are weak. No one is greater: realize that you are Brahman. Nothing has power except what you give it.

I think the Greeks first took astrology to India and took from the Hindus the science of astronomy and carried it back with them from Europe. Because in India you will find old altars made according to a certain geometrical plan, and certain things had to be done when the stars were in certain positions, therefore I think the Greeks gave the Hindus astrology, and the Hindus gave them astronomy.

When an idea exclusively occupies the mind, it is transformed into an actual physical or mental state.

Attachment comes only where we expect a return.