Every objet in the world promises satisfaction, but it never gives satisfaction -it only promises.

Saints and sages are still alive. Great masters are still operating. It is up to you to find where they are.

That higher awakening is called God-consciousness. In that condition, you will see that all the objects of the world are your own universal self.

Just as, when we touch a live wire, the electric force infuses itself into our body, when we deeply meditate on God the power of the whole universe seeks entry into our personality.

We always imagine that the Supreme Being is very far away -many, many millions of light years away- yet It is very near, in our throat itself.

Do not make the mistake of thinking that the soul is inside you, because if the soul is inside you, you will be outside it.

We are in conflict with the world; otherwise, there would be no necessity to put forth tremendous effort to meet the world and its demands.

Physically you are identical with and inseparable from the cosmic material substance, and socially you are inseparable from the large mass of humanity.

"Our prosperity, our friends, our bondage and even our destruction are all in the end rooted in our tongue," says a famous adage.

The soul's illness is more terrible and more difficult to understand than the illness of the body or any other type of malady.

The duty that we owe to the Universe is our religion.

Spiritual joy is what you experience when you choose to give thanks to God no matter what happens—even when things go wrong.

Stop comparing or boast at your victories. He was referring to enormous vitality and strength of God of Jesus seeking union with us. The living acts of a Christian become somehow the acts of Christ.

I'm not going to appeal to violence or aggression - of course not.

Never assume greatness is for someone else. Imagine every day that you too can do great things. Have the courage to take the challenge, make the mistakes, and move forward.

My brain's just full of passwords.

Feedback is the breakfast of champions.

Social control is best managed through fear.

What would a man do, if he were compelled to live always in the sultry heat of society, and could never bathe himself in cool solitude?

I've always been pretty confident. I grew up in a family of strong women, so I was always taught to be proud of who I am, the way I am.

The affection of young ladies is of as rapid growth as Jack's beanstalk, and reaches up to the sky in a night.