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.

This external worship of images has, however, been described in all our Shastras as the lowest of all the low forms of worship. But that does not mean that it is a wrong thing to do.

Marriage is the truest goal for ninety-nine per cent of the human race, and they will live the happiest life as soon as they have learnt and are ready to abide by the eternal lesson - that we are bound to bear and forbear and that life to every one must be a compromise.

Give love, give help, give service, and give any little thing you can, but keep out barter.

Law is death. The more of the law in a country, the worse for the country.

From the high spiritual flights of the Vedanta philosophy, of which the latest discoveries of science seem like echoes, to the low ideas of idolatry with its multifarious mythology, the agnosticism of the Buddhists and the atheism of the Jains, each and all have a place in the Hinduism religion.

The uplift of the women, the awakening of the masses must come first, and then only can any real good come about for the country, for India.