When a man is perfect, he sees perfection in others. When he sees imperfection, it is his own mind projecting itself.

The body is made by the thought that lies behind it. The body politic is thus the expression of national thought.

Stand upon the Atman, then only can we truly love the world. Take a very, very high stand; knowing our universal nature, we must look with perfect calmness upon all the panorama of the world.

Each nation has a theme: everything else is secondary. India's theme is religion.

Each soul is potentially divine.

Have faith in yourselves, great convictions are the mother of great deeds.

There are hundreds of thousands of microbes surrounding us, but they cannot harm us unless we become weak, until the body is ready and predisposed to receive them.