That man has reached immortality who is disturbed by nothing material.
Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.
The knowledge of happiness brings the knowledge of unhappiness.
When an idea exclusively occupies the mind, it is transformed into an actual physical or mental state.
Liberty is the first condition of growth.
Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. … Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.
Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.
Materialism and all its miseries can never be conquered by materialism.
We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.
The moment I have realized God sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see God in him - that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free.
The great secret of true success, of true happiness, is this: the man or woman who asks for no return, the perfectly unselfish person, is the most successful.
The Vedanta recognizes no sin it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the Vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that.
All power is within you; you can do anything and everything. Believe in that, do not believe that you are weak; do not believe that you are half-crazy lunatics, as most of us do nowadays. You can do any thing and everything, without even the guidance of any one. Stand up and express the divinity within you.
In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart.
Religion as a science, as a study, is the greatest and healthiest exercise that the human mind can have.
If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life; dream of it; think of it; live on that idea. Let the brain, the body, 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, and this is the way great spiritual giants are produced.
May He who is the Brahman of the Hindus, the Ahura-Mazda of the Zoroastrians, the Buddha of the Buddhists, the Jehovah of the Jews, the Father in Heaven of the Christians give strength to you to carry out your noble idea.
Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.
Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If there is sin, this is the only sin; to say that you are weak, or others are weak.
Only by practice and non-attachment can we conquer mind.
Ask nothing; want nothing in return. Give what you have to give; it will come back to you, but do not think of that now.
Work and worship are necessary to take away the veil, to lift off the bondage and illusion.
Build up your health. Do not dwell in silence upon your sorrows.
Let there be as little materialism as possible, with the maximum of spirituality.
Puritypatience and preserverance are the three essentials to success and above all love.
Infinite strength is religion and God.
You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.
Never think there is anything impossible for the soul.
The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves.
The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.
My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.
Go on bravely. Do not expect success in a day or a year. Always hold on to the highest. Be steady. Avoid jealousy and selfishness. Be obedient and eternally faithful to the cause of truth, humanity, and your country, and you will move the world.
Blame neither man, nor God, nor anyone in the world. When you find yourselves suffering, blame yourselves, and try to do better.
Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being.
Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.
If you can get rid of your attachment to a single thing, you are on the way to liberation.
Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached.
GOD is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.
All the power is within you. You can do anything.
Know that every time you feel weak, you not only hurt yourself but also the cause. Infinite faith and strength are the only conditions of success.
In one word, this ideal is that you are divine.
As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to God.
If money help a man to do good to others, it is of some value; but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.
Who makes us ignorant? We ourselves. We put our hands over our eyes and weep that it is dark.
Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. It is fearlessness that brings Heaven even in a moment.
Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to success and, above all, love.
The greatest sin is to think yourself weak.
Work incessantly, but be not attached to it.
