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.
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.
When we use our imagination properly it is our greatest friend; it goes belyond reason and is the only light that takes us everywhere.
If you think about disaster, you will get it. Brood about death and you hasten your demise. Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life becomes more secure, more fraught with action, richer in achievement and experience.
Feel, my children, feel; feel for the poor, the ignorant, the downtrodden; feel till the heart stops and the brain reels and you think you will go mad; then pour the soul out at the feet of the Lord, and then will come power, help and indomitable energy.
No one should be judged by their defects. The great virtues a person has are his or her especially. But their errors are the common weakness of humanity and should never be counted in estimating a person’s character.
It is only work that is done as freewill offering to humanity and to nature that does not bring with it any binding attachment.
Spirituality as a science, as a study, is the greatest and healthiest exercise that the human mind can have.
My bones are destined to make corals in the Ganga.
The cheerful mind perseveres and the strong mind hews its way through a thousand difficulties.
Watch people do their most common actions; these are indeed the things that will tell you the real character of a great person.
It is the duty of all to support and side with Dharma. All must fight and support Dharma regardless of their personality, background, status.
Do not believe a thing because you have read about it in a book. Do not believe a thing because another man has said it was true. Do not believe in words because they are hallowed by tradition. Find out the truth for yourself. Reason it out. That is realization.
Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.
When once you consider an action, do not let anything dissuade you. Consult your heart, not others, and then follow its dictates.
Let positive, strong, helpful thoughts enter into your brains from very childhood. Lay yourselves open to these thoughts, and not to weakening and paralysing ones.
This life is a hard fact; work your way through it boldly, though it may be adamantine; no matter, the soul is stronger.
Experience is the only teacher we have. We may talk and reason all our lives, but we shall not understand a word of truth until we experience it ourselves.
This caste system had grown by the practice of the son always following the business of the father.
Everything is easy when you are busy. But nothing is easy when you are lazy.