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

With the Holy Mother as the centre of inspiration, a Math is to be established on the eastern bank of the Ganga. . . . On the other side of the Ganga a big plot of land will be acquired, where unmarried girls or Brahmacharini widows will live; devout married women will also be allowed to stay now and then. Men will have no concern with this Math.

Many a time comes when we want to interpret our weakness and cowardice as forgiveness and renunciation.

These tremendous contradictions in our intellect, in our knowledge, yea, in all the facts of our life face us on all sides.

The Imitation of Christ is a cherished treasure of the Christian world. This great book was written by a Roman Catholic monk. "Written", perhaps, is not the proper word. It would be more appropriate to say that each letter of the book is marked deep with the heart's blood of the great soul who had renounced all for his love of Christ.

These practices - non-killing, truthfulness, non-stealing, chastity, and non-receiving - are to be practised by every man, woman, and child; by every soul, irrespective of nation, country, or position.

The finer is always the cause, the grosser the effect. So the external world is the effect, the internal the cause.