All these ideas such as astrology, although there may be a grain of truth in them, should be avoided.

We are ever free if we would only believe it, only have faith enough. You are the soul, free and eternal, ever free, ever blessed. Have faith enough and you will be free in a minute.

The development of man is a return to an original perfection.

To the Indian mind there is nothing higher than religious ideals, that this is the keynote of Indian life.

The Buddhists or the Jains do not depend upon God; but the whole force of their religion is directed to the great central truth in every religion, to evolve a God out of man. They have not seen the Father, but they have seen the Son. And he that hath seen the Son hath seen the Father also.

External nature is only internal nature writ large.

See how the Ganga flows by and what a nice building! I like this place. This is the ideal kind of place for a Math. (in Belur, West Bengal).