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There is one thing to be remembered: that the assertion 'I am God' cannot be made with regard to the sense-world.
The body is made by the thought that lies behind it. The body politic is thus the expression of national thought.
Excessive attention to the minutiae of astrology is one of the superstitions which has hurt the Hindus very much.
When you talk and think of the Absolute, you have to do it in the relative; so all these logical arguments apply.
In nature alone are forms. That which is not of nature cannot have any forms, fine or gross. It must be formless.
The guide, the guru, the leader, the teacher, has passed away; the boy, the student, the servant, is left behind.
The attempt to remove evil from the world by killing a thousand evil - doers, only adds to the evil in the world.
Cowards never win victories. We have to fight fear and troubles and ignorance if we expect them to flee before us.
Do not lower your goals to the level of your abilities. Instead, raise your abilities to the height of your goals.
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good; every action that retards it is evil.
Your country requires heroes; be heroes; your duty is to go on working, and then everything will follow of itself.
Marriage or non-marriage, good or evil, learning or ignorance, any of these is justified, if it leads to the goal.
Art must be in touch with nature - and wherever that touch is gone, Art degenerates - yet it must be above nature.
Things do not grow better; they remain as they are. It is we who grow better, by the changes we make in ourselves.
The only way to study the mind is to get at facts, and then intellect will arrange them and deduce the principles.
Thinking of objects, attachment to them is formed in a man. From attachment longing, and from longing anger grows.
The finer is always the cause, the grosser the effect. So the external world is the effect, the internal the cause.
Our own selfishness makes us the most arrant cowards; our own selfishness is the great cause of fear and cowardice.
To make a great future India, the whole secret lies in organization, accumulation of power, co-ordination of wills.
Christians are always wanting God to give them something. They appear as beggars before the throne of the Almighty.
I, for one, thoroughly believe that no power in the universe can withhold from anyone anything they really deserve.
If there's a God, we must see him and if there's a soul we must perceive it. Otherwise, it's better not to believe.
In the English character, the "give and take" policy, the business principle of the trader, is principally inherent.
I have come to this conclusion that there is only one country in the world which understands religion - it is India.
If you have knowledge and see a man weak, do not condemn him. Go to his level and help him if you can. He must grow.
Eka-Nishtha or devotion to one ideal is absolutely necessary for the beginner in the practice of religious devotion.
Society does not go down because of the activities of criminals, But because of the inactivities of the good people.
The very idea of an infinite in place would be a contradiction in terms, as a place must begin and continue in time.
The coward, afraid of the lash, with one hand wipes his eyes and gives with the other. Of what avail are such gifts?
The glory of man is that he is a thinking being. It is the nature of man to think and therein he differs from animals
The truths of Upanishadas are before you. Take them up, live up to them, and the salvation of Bharat will be at hand.
Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power.
When a man is perfect, he sees perfection in others. When he sees imperfection, it is his own mind projecting itself.
Whatsoever has form must be the result of combinations of particles and requires something else behind it to move it.
The ideal of womanhood in India is motherhood - that marvellous, unselfish, all - suffering, ever - forgiving mother.
What we call powers, secrets of nature, and force, are all within. In the external world are only a series of changes.
It is the highest manifestation of the power of Vairagya when it takes away even our attraction towards the qualities.
Neither seek nor avoid; take what comes. It is liberty to be affected by nothing. Do not merely endure; be unattached.
The ego of man and woman is the soul. If the soul is independent, how then can it be isolated from the infinite whole?
There is really no difference between matter, mind and Spirit. They are only different phases of experiencing the One.
Love conquers in the long run. It won't do to become impatient - wait, wait - patience is bound to give success. . . .
Present-day Hinduism and Buddhism were growths from the same branch. Buddhism degenerated, and Shankara lopped it off!
The kingdom of heaven is already in existence if we will have it, that perfection is already in man if he will see it.
Where God is, there is no other. Where world is, there is no God. These two will never unite. Like light and darkness.
Do not fret because the world looks with suspicion at every new attempt, even though it be in the path of spirituality.
Let the mind be cheerful but calm. Never let it run into excesses, because every excess will be followed by a reaction.
Happiness presents itself to man, wearing the crown of sorrow on its head. He who welcomes it must also welcome sorrow.
Soft-brained people, weak-minded, chicken-hearted , cannot find the truth. One has to be free, and as broad as the sky.
This life is a hard fact; work your way through it boldly, though it may be adamantine; no matter, the soul is stronger.
Let me draw your attention to one thing which unfortunately we always forget: that is - "O man, have faith in yourself."