Never even attempt to disturb anyone's tendencies.

The Absolute God of the universe, the creator, preserver, and destroyer of the universe, is impersonal principle.

All misery and pain come from attachment.

The secret of Greek Art is its imitation of nature even to the minutest details; whereas the secret of Indian Art is to represent the ideal. The energy of the Greek painter is spent in perhaps painting a piece of flesh, and he is so successful that a dog is deluded into taking it to be a real bit of meat and so goes to bite it. Now, what glory is there in merely imitating nature? Why not place an actual bit of flesh before the dog?

You yourself are to blame. This weeping and wailing and knocking your heads into corners [against brick walls, as it were] will not do you the least good.

Man is guided by the stomach. He walks and the stomach goes first and the head afterwards. Have you not seen that? It will take ages for the head to go first.

From Him are all name and form; all the animals and men are from Him. He is the one Supreme. He who knows Him becomes free.