Oh, if only you knew yourselves! You are souls; you are Gods. If ever I feel like blaspheming, it is when I call you man.
Truth, purity, and unselfishness wherever these are present, there is no power below or above the sun to crush the possessor thereof. Equipped with these, one individual is able to face the whole universe in opposition.
It is the patient building of character, the intense struggle to realize the truth, which alone will tell in the future of humanity.
Spirituality is the science of the Soul.
We believe that every being is divine, is God. Every soul is a sun covered over with clouds of ignorance; the difference between soul and soul is owing to the difference in density of these layers of clouds.
Whenever we attain a higher vision, the lower vision disappears of itself.
Brave, bold men, these are what we want. What we want is vigour in the blood, strength in the nerves, iron muscles and nerves of steel, not softening namby-pamby ideas.
From the highest god to the meanest grass, the same power is present in all – whether manifested or not. We shall have to call forth that power by going from door to door.
You yourselves are the Being you are seeking.
If the Absolute becomes limited by the mind, It is no more Absolute; It has become finite.
Ishvara is the highest manifestation of the Absolute Reality, or in other words, the highest possible reading of the Absolute by the human mind. Creation is eternal, and so also is Ishvara.
So long as the millions live in hunger and ignorance, I hold every man a traitor who, having been educated at their expense, pays not the least heed to them.
The best guide in life is strength. In religion, as in all other matters, discard everything that weakens you, have nothing to do with it.
You may meditate on whatever you like, but I shall meditate on the heart of a lion. That gives strength.
The Gita is a bouquet composed of the beautiful flowers of spiritual truths collected from the Vedas and the Upanishads.
God is present in every Jiva; there is no other God besides that. Who serves Jiva serves God indeed.
Unselfishness is God. One may live on a throne, in a golden palace, and be perfectly unselfish; and then he is in God. Another may live in a hut and wear rags, and have nothing in the world; yet, if he is selfish, he is intensely merged in the world.
What is the world that is to be given up? It is here. I am carrying it all with me. My own body. It is all for this body that I put my hand voluntarily upon my fellow human beings, just to keep it nice and give it a little pleasure. It is all for the body that I injure others and make mistakes.
I direct my attention to the individual, to make him strong, to teach him that he himself is divine, and I call upon men to make themselves conscious of this divinity within. That is really the ideal – conscious or unconscious – of every religion.
If you dare declare that you are free, free you are this moment. If you say you are bound, bound you will remain.