Religion has become to many merely a means of doing a little charity work, just to amuse them after a hard day's labour - they get five minutes religion to amuse them. This is the danger with the liberal thought.

This caste system had grown by the practice of the son always following the business of the father.

No great work can be achieved by humbug. It is through love, a passion for truth, and tremendous energy, that all undertakings are accomplished.

With everything we do in life we identify ourselves. Here is a man who says harsh words to me. I feel anger coming on me. In a few seconds anger and I are one, and then comes misery. Attach yourselves to the Lord and to nothing else, because everything else is unreal. Attachment to the unreal will bring misery. There is only one Existence that is real, only one Life in which there is neither object nor [subject].

The one who actually succeeds in making himself believe that he is having a good time is the man of splendid physical health.

Chârvâkas, a very ancient sect in India, were rank materialists.

Cowards never win victories. We have to fight fear and troubles and ignorance if we expect them to flee before us.