To the other nations of the world, religion is one among the many occupations of life. There is politics, there are the enjoyments of social life, there is all that wealth can buy or power can bring, there is all that the senses can enjoy; and among all these various occupations of life and all this searching after something which can give yet a little more whetting to the cloyed senses - among all these, there is perhaps a little bit of religion. But here, in India, religion is the one and the only occupation of life.

Through practice comes Yoga, through Yoga comes knowledge, through knowledge love, and through love bliss.

All the powers in the universe are already ours.

The mind generally takes up various objects, runs into all sorts of things. That is the lower state. There is a higher state of the mind, when it takes up one object and excludes all others.

The finer the instrument, the greater the power. The mind is much finer and more powerful than the body.

Each man is perfect by his nature; prophets have manifested this perfection, but it is potential in us.

Whatever you think, that you will be. If you think yourselves weak, weak you will be; if you think yourselves strong, strong you will be.