Since the early beginning of history, India has been the Klondyke of the world

This is my country, that is your country; these are the conceptions of narrow souls - to the liberal minded the whole world is a family.

The universe is not for man alone, but is a theater of evolution for all living beings. Live and let live is its guiding principle. 'Ahimsa Paramo Dharmah' - Non-injury is the highest religion.

We all understand that the debasement of a nation's coinage is very pernicious and must prove disastrous to its commerce. How much more dangerous is the debasement of the spiritual coinage!

The heart of vegetarians is healed sooner than those of flesh-eaters.

…the designation of wife in India, of the Hindu wife, is higher and grander than that of Empress. She is called Devi

In international commerce, India is an ancient country-(19th October, 1899)

The true nature of soul is right knowledge, right faith and right conduct. The soul, so long as it is subject to transmigration, is undergoing evolution and involution.

The occult powers may be possessed by soul, but if they are not used in the right way it is a loss rather than a gain.

Matter is a term contrary to soul. But nonsoul is its contradictory. Whatever is not soul is nonsoul.

In our country religion is not different from philosophy and religion & philosophy don’t differ from science.

It takes a near act of rebellion for even a four-year-old to break away from society's expectations.

Fine gold is recognized when it is tested.

Vulnerability is not knowing victory or defeat, it’s understanding the necessity of both; it’s engaging. It’s being all in.

I have a lot of girlfriends who are struggling out there to find good men.

It's so easy to find someone who would walk around me like a shadow and do everything for me and never be tempted by other men, so obviously I'm not attracted by that type.

We ought as much to pray for a blessing upon our daily rod as upon our daily bread.

I'm shy, paranoid, whatever word you want to use. I hate fame. I've done everything I can to avoid it.

Fabio kept asking me out, but I knew we'd never get his ego through the door.

There's a condensed softness about the Albanian people, and I've witnessed examples of their hospitality.

Don't give a woman advice; one should never give a woman anything she can't wear in the evening.