Everything must be sacrificed, if necessary, for that one sentiment: universality.

When you feel gloomy, think what has been done within the last year. How, rising from nothing.

I must remark that what I mean by our religion working upon the nations outside of India comprises only the principles, the background, the foundation upon which that religion is built.

Calm and silent and steady work, and no newspaper humbug, no name-making, you must always remember.

The more you think of yourself as shining immortal spirit, the more eager you will be to be absolutely free of matter, body, and senses. This is the intense desire to be free.

A Sannyasin cannot belong to any religion, for his is a life of independent thought, which draws from all religions; his is a life of realisation, not merely of theory or belief, much less of dogma.

There is no virtue higher than non-injury.