“Neither seek nor avoid; take what comes. It is liberty to be affected by nothing. Do not merely endure; be unattached.”

The best thermometer to the progress of a nation is its treatment of its women.

Talk to yourself atleast once in a Day.. Otherwise you may miss a meeting with an EXCELLENT person in this World.

True progress is slow but sure.

Man in his true nature is substance, soul, spirit.

Our first duty is not to hate ourselves, because to advance we must have faith in ourselves first and then in God. Those who have no faith in themselves can never have faith in God.

He who is alone is happy. Do good to all, like everyone, but do not love anyone. It is a bondage, and bondage brings only misery. Live alone in your mind – that is happiness. To have nobody to care for and never minding who cares for one is the way to be free.

Liberty is the first condition of growth. It is wrong, a thousand times wrong, if any of you dares to say, ‘I will work out the salvation of this woman or child.

Purity, patience and perseverance overcome all obstacles. All great things must of necessity be slow.

Education is the manifestation of perfection already existing in man.

Do one thing at a Time, and while doing it put your whole Soul into it to the exclusion of all else.

Have faith in yourself. You people were once the Vedic Rishis. Only, you have come in different forms, that’s all. I see it clear as daylight that you all have infinite power in you. Rouse that up; arise, arise – apply yourselves heart and soul, gird up your loins.

To get any reason out of the mass of incongruity we call human life, we have to transcend our reason, but we must do it scientifically, slowly, by regular practice, and we must cast off all superstition.

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

He whose book of the heart has been opened needs no other books.

My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life – think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.

We have woven a web, you and I, attached to this world but a separate world of our own invention.

Actually, the greatest detachment is being close to everything and not letting it consume and own you. That’s real strength.

He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.

Every worthwhile accomplishment has a price tag attached to it. The question is always whether you are willing to pay the price to attain it – in hard work, sacrifice, patience, faith, and endurance.

When someone is drowning in the ocean of attachments, Surrender is the life jacket they can put on and wait for the rescue team

Desire is storm, greed is whirlpool, pride is precipice, attachment is avalanche, ego is volcano. Discard desire and you are liberated.

The proprietor of stock is necessarily a citizen of the world, and is not necessarily attached to any particular country.

Little moments attach themselves to other little moments and collect into big dreams. We become what we experience.