There is no power on earth which can be kept long confined within a narrow limit. It cannot be kept compressed too long to allow of expansion at a subsequent period.
Thought is like a bubble rising to the surface. When thought is joined to will, we call it power. That which strikes the sick person whom you are trying to help is not thought, but power.
To see God is the one goal. Power is not the goal.
What power is higher than the power of purity?
What we call powers, secrets of nature, and force, are all within. In the external world are only a series of changes.
Whenever power is used for evil, it becomes diabolical; it must be used for good only.
All practice or worship is only for taking off this veil. When that will go, you will find that the Sun of Absolute Knowledge is shining in Its own lustre.
By practice men can bring even the heart under control, until it will just beat at will, slowly, or quickly, or almost stop. Nearly every part of the body can be brought under control.
Eka-Nishtha or devotion to one ideal is absolutely necessary for the beginner in the practice of religious devotion.
External practices have value only as helps to develop internal purity.
I am teaching you now about it, but how many of you will practice it?
If you intend to study the mind, you must have systematic training; you must practice to bring the mind under your control.
It is practice first, and knowledge afterwards.
Move onward and carry into practice.
My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.
One ounce of practice is worth a thousand pounds of theory.
One ounce of the practice of righteousness and of spiritual Self-realisation outweighs tons and tons of frothy talk and nonsensical sentiments.
Only by practice and non-attachment can we conquer mind.
Practice is absolutely necessary. You may sit down and listen to me by the hour every day, but if you do not practice, you will not get one step further. It all depends on practice.
Practice makes us what we shall be.