Give up all desire for enjoyment in earth or heaven. Control the organs of the senses and control the mind. Bear every misery without even knowing that you are miserable. Think of nothing but spiritual freedom.

Are you unselfish? That is the question. If you are, you will be perfect without reading a single religious book, without going into a single church or temple.

The calm man is not the man who is dull. You must not mistake Sattva for dullness or laziness. The calm man is the one who has control over the mind waves. Activity is the manifestation of inferior strength, calmness, of the superior.

Renunciation is always the ideal of every race; only other races do not know what they are made to do by nature unconsciously.

The whole point is to discipline the mind.

Religion is the life of India, religion is the language of this country, the symbol of all its movements.

Learn Everything that is Good from Others, but bring it in, and in your own way absorb it; do not become others.