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

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.

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.

The mind is but the subtle part of the body. You must retain great strength in your mind and words.

The man who becomes angry never does a great amount of work, and the man whom nothing can make angry accomplishes so much.

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

Intelligence is measured by a person’s ability to see validity within both sides of contradicting arguments.

As your temptations become greater, so does your ability to make responsible choices.

It is not merely enough to have the ability to be persistant, you must also have the ability to start over.

There is an appropriate way to use your story, not as an excuse but as a testimony to God’s ability to free you from the past.

Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.

The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do.

I believe passionately that everyone has a particular God-given ability.

Your job is to do your job with all your heart to the best of your ability. Life will go it’s own merry way at it’s own pace. But if you do then you – and life – will be the richer for you being here.