Perfect life is a contradiction in terms. Therefore we must always expect to find things not up to our highest ideal. Knowing this, we are bound to make the best of everything.
The development of man is a return to an original perfection.
The kingdom of heaven is already in existence if we will have it, that perfection is already in man if he will see it.
This perfection must come through the practice of holiness and love.
To be more free is the goal of all our efforts, for only in perfect freedom can there be perfection.
When a man is perfect, he sees perfection in others. When he sees imperfection, it is his own mind projecting itself.
Who shall make me perfect? I am perfect already.
The earth is enjoyed by heroes.
Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly.
Manifest the divinity within you and everything will be harmoniously arranged around it.
A man may be the greatest philosopher in the world but a child in RELIGION. When a man has developed a high state of spirituality he can understand that the kingdom of heaven is within him.
Whatever you are doing, put your whole mind on it. If you are shooting, your mind should be only on the target. Then you will never miss. If you are learning your lessons, think only of the lesson. In India boys and girls are taught to do this.
Infinite power of the spirit, brought to bear upon matter evolves material development, made to act upon thought evolves intellectuality, and made to act upon itself makes of man a God. First, let us be Gods, and then help other to be GOds. Be and Make. Let this be our motto.
This world is nothing. It is at best only a hideous caricature, a shadow of the Real. We must go to the Real. Renunciation will take us to It. Renunciation is the very basis of our true life; every moment of goodness and real life that we enjoy is when we do not think of ourselves.
Fill the brain with high thoughts, highest ideals, place them day and night before you, and out of that will come great work.
Strength is life, Weakness is death.
Unity in variety is the plan of the universe.
We are the makers of our own lives. There is no such thing as fate. Our lives are the result of our previous actions, our karma, and it naturally flows that, having been ourselves the makers of our karma, we must also be able to unmake it.
Never are we nearer the Light than when the darkness is deepest.
We should cultivate the optimistic temperament, and endeavour to see the good that dwells in everything. If we sit down and lament over the imperfection of our bodies and our minds, we profit nothing; it is the heroic endeavour to subdue adverse circumstances that carries our spirit upward.