“As soon as extreme attachment comes, a man loses himself, he is no more master of himself, he is a slave.”

Blame nobody else, do not commit the mistake of the ignorant.

Books are infinite in number and time is short. The secret of knowledge is to take what is essential. Take that and try to live up to it.

We, we, and none else, are responsible for what we suffer. We are the effects, and we are the causes.

If you are pure, if you are strong, you, one man are equal to the whole world.

It is the greatest manifestation of power to be calm.

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

When death is so certain, it is better to die for a good cause.

The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.

In whatever name or form they are offered, all these flowers are laid at God’s feet, for He is the one Lord of all, the one Soul of all souls.

All the forces that are working in this body have been produced out of food; we see that every day.

Man always is perfect, or he never could become so; but he had to realise it.

Be grateful that the poor man is there, so that by making a gift to him you are able to help yourself.

Neither money pays, nor name pays, nor fame, nor learning; it is CHARACTER that cleave through adamantine walls of difference.

I have come to this conclusion that there is only one country in the world which understands religion – it is India.

The awakening of the soul to its bondage and its effort to stand up and assert itself – this is called life.

The history of the world is the history of a few men who had faith in themselves.

I know how to go, go, go. Stopping, I’ve learned is the stuff of mastery.

There has never been a master plan. Anyone who wanted to do it, we fired because it takes on a life of its own and doesn’t cover new reality. We want people taking into account new information.

Letting go is an art – master it and be free.

It is the fool who always rushes to take sides. Do not commit to any side or cause by yourself. By maintaining your independence, you become the master of others — playing people against one another, making them pursue you.

The amateur tweets. The pro works.

The fact that Saigyo composed a poem that begins, “I shall be unhappy without loneliness,” shows that he made loneliness his master.

Letting go is an art – master it and be free.

I think it must be lonely to be God. Nobody loves a master. No.