“It is not that Christ is superior to Allah, not that Allah is everything and Brahma is nothing, but it is the same one whom you call either Brahma or Allah, or Almighty, or by a hundred other names. The names are different but God is one and the same.”

Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, and fear is wrong life. All the negative thoughts and ideas that are in the world have proceeded from this evil spirit of fear.

We must plunge heart and soul and body into the work. And until we are ready to sacrifice everything else to one Idea and to one alone, we never, never will see the Light.

Never talk about the faults of others, no matter how bad they may be. Nothing is ever gained by that. You never help one by talking about his fault; you do him an injury, and injure yourself as well.

Take up an idea, devote yourself to it, struggle on in patience, and the sun will rise for you.

One may gain political and social independence, but if one is a slave to his passions and desires, one cannot feel the pure joy of real freedom

All practice or worship is only for taking off this veil. When that will go, you will find that the Sun of Absolute Knowledge is shining in Its own lustre.

They only live, who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.

Take Risks in Your Life If you Win, you Can Lead! If You Lose, You can Guide!

Religion is realization; not talk, nor doctrine, nor theories however beautiful they may be. It is being and becoming, not hearing, or acknowledging; it is the whole soul becoming what it believes.

I do not want to get material life, do not want the sense-life, but something higher. That is renunciation. Then, by the power of meditation, undo the mischief that has been done.

Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. The moment you fear, you are nobody. Be a hero. Always say, ‘I have no fear’. Tell this to everybody-‘Have no fear’.

Our own selfishness makes us the most arrant cowards; our own selfishness is the great cause of fear and cowardice.

The infinite library of the Universe is in your mind.

Your success is not measured in terms of what all you obtained but in term of what you become, how you live and what actions you do. Upon this point reflect well and attain great happiness

Do not hate anybody, because that hatred which comes out from you must, in the long run, come back to you. If you love, that love will come back to you, completing the circle.

Perfect life is a contradiction in terms. Therefore we must always expect to find things not up to our highest ideal. Knowing this, we are bound to make the best of everything.

One never realizes how different a husband and wife can be until they begin to pack for a trip.

We all have different perspectives but we tend not to disagree with each other very often in terms of where we want to get or where we want to be. So it’s been amazing working with my brothers.

So many of my songs are based on things that either happened to me or to someone I know, but there are also ones where I’ve written a made-up story. All of them are about very real emotions, and I just find different ways to express them.

There are different wells within your heart. Some fill with each good rain, Others are far too deep for that.

There is also something called the Legislature. There is something called the press. There is something called people. These are all different players on the stage.

“I wish things we different” he said. “we are the ones that make the difference” she said.

He who is indifferent to the suffering of others is a traitor to that which is truly human.

I don’t like age barriers. I don’t like when people treat you differently when they find out how old you are.