Materialism prevails in Europe today. You may pray for the salvation of the modern sceptics, but they do not yield, they want reason.

March on, the Lord is our General.

So long as there is desire or want, it is a sure sign that there is imperfection. A perfect, free being cannot have any desire.

Each nation has a main current in life; in India it is religion. Make it strong and the waters on either side must move along with it.

The great secret of true success, of true happiness, is this: the man or woman who asks for no return, the perfectly unselfish person, is the most successful.

The mind has to be gradually and systematically brought under control.

To succeed, you must have tremendous perseverance, tremendous will.