Man, therefore, according to the Vedanta philosophy, is the greatest being that is in the universe.

Truth does not pay homage to any society, ancient or modern. Society has to pay homage to Truth or die.

Work done for the Self gives no bondage. Neither desire pleasure nor fear pain from work. It is the mind and body that work, not I. Tell yourself this unceasingly and realise it. Try not to know that you work.

The will is stronger than anything else. Everything must go down before the will, for it comes from God. A pure and strong will is omnipotent.

Thank God for giving you this world as a moral gymnasium to help your development, but never imagine you can help the world.

This is the gist of all worship: to be pure and to do good to others. He who sees Shiva in the poor, in the weak, and in the diseased, really worships Shiva. And if he sees Shiva only in the image, his worship is but preliminary. He who has served and helped one poor man seeing Shiva in him, without thinking of his caste or creed or race or anything, with him Shiva is more pleased than with the man who sees Him only in temples

The fire that warms us can also consume us; it is not the fault of the fire.