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To be more free is the goal of all our efforts, for only in perfect freedom can there be perfection.
There will never be a perfectly good or bad world, because the very idea is a contradiction in terms.
To give up the world is to forget the ego, to know it not at all - living in the body, but not of it.
Purity, patience and perseverance overcome all obstacles. All great things must of necessity be slow.
We reap what we sow. We are the makers of our own fate. None else has the blame, none has the praise.
Cut the bondage of all worldly affections; go beyond laziness and all care as to what becomes of you.
It's the coward who says, 'This is fate'...It's the strong who stands up & says 'I will make my fate'
Every idea that strengthens you must be taken up and every thought that weakens you must be rejected.
Be grateful that the poor man is there, so that by making a gift to him you are able to help yourself
All these ideas such as astrology, although there may be a grain of truth in them, should be avoided.
The secret of image - worship is that you are trying to develop your vision of Divinity in one thing.
We, we, and none else, are responsible for what we suffer. We are the effects, and we are the causes.
Many of us do not believe in any form of idolatry; but they have no right to object when others do it.
Anything that brings spiritual, mental, or physical weakness, touch it not with the toes of your feet.
The natural state of this universe is attraction; and that is surely followed by an ultimate disunion.
The older I grow, the more I see behind the idea of the Hindus that man is the greatest of all beings.
Everything that has form, everything that is the result of combination, is evolved out of this Akasha.
A few heart-whole, sincere, and energetic men and women can do more in a year than a mob in a century.
When an idea exclusively occupies the mind, it is transformed into an actual physical or mental state.
Know for certain that there is no power in the universe to injure us unless we first injure ourselves.
How can there be any progress of the country without the spread of education, the dawning of knowledge?
We have to keep the body in good health; we have to take care of what we eat and drink, and what we do.
Each man is perfect by his nature; prophets have manifested this perfection, but it is potential in us.
Perfection is one thing and enjoyment another; these two having different ends, engage men differently.
Every soul is destined to be perfect, and every being, in the end, will attain the state of perfection.
Some may be helped by images, some may not. Some require an image outside, others one inside the brain.
You may meditate on whatever you like, but I shall meditate on the heart of a lion. That gives strength
Every action generates a force of energy that returns to us in like kind...what we sow is what we reap.
Many a time comes when we want to interpret our weakness and cowardice as forgiveness and renunciation.
Truth does not pay homage to any society, ancient or modern. Society has to pay homage to Truth or die.
With the attraction for lust and lucre working the other way, how many long for the realisation of God?
Whenever there is a conflict between the pure heart and the intellect, always side with the pure heart.
Bold has been my message to the people of the west, bolder is my message to you, my beloved countryman.
The finer the instrument, the greater the power. The mind is much finer and more powerful than the body.
The Soul is not composed of any materials. It is unity indivisible. Therefore it must be indestructible.
Infinite patience, infinite purity, and infinite perseverance are the secret of success in a good cause.
Any time you attempt to make a God beyond Christ, you murder the whole thing. God alone can worship God.
Everyone goes with the flow... but the one who goes against the flow becomes someone remarkable in life.
You must have an iron will, if you would cross the ocean. You must be strong enough to pierce mountains.
Here in this blessed land, the foundation, the backbone, the life-centre is religion and religion alone.
The forms are evanescent; but the spirit, being in the Lord and of the Lord, is immortal and omnipresent.
There cannot be any form unless it is the result of force and matter; and all combinations must dissolve.
Religion is the life of India, religion is the language of this country, the symbol of all its movements.
As soon as extreme attachment comes, a man loses himself, he is no more master of himself, he is a slave.
The main feature should be the teaching of principles through stories. Don't make it metaphysical at all.
By doing well the duty which is nearest to us, the duty which is in our hands, we make ourselves stronger
To be unselfish, perfectly selfless, is salvation itself; for the man within dies, and God alone remains.
The law of attraction which holds good for the heavenly bodies also holds good for the smallest particles.
To the Indian mind there is nothing higher than religious ideals, that this is the keynote of Indian life.
All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.