The truths of Upanishadas are before you. Take them up, live up to them, and the salvation of Bharat will be at hand.

The man who becomes angry never does a great amount of work, and the man whom nothing can make angry accomplishes so much.

As soon as extreme attachment comes, a man loses himself, he is no more master of himself, he is a slave.

The past was great no doubt, but I sincerely believe that the future will be more glorious still.

Soft-brained people, weak-minded, chicken-hearted , cannot find the truth. One has to be free, and as broad as the sky.

Each soul is a star and all stars are set in the infinite azure, the eternal sky-the Lord.

According to the Hindu way of thinking, marriage is rather a duty than a privilege.

They only live, who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.

Education is the manifestation of perfection already existing in man.

Man's experience in the world is to enable him to get out of its whirlpool.

Things do not grow better; they remain as they are. It is we who grow better, by the changes we make in ourselves.

My countrymen should have nerves of steel, muscles of iron, and minds like thunderbolt.

All the work you do, is done for your own salvation, is done for your own benefit.

Self-sacrifice, not self-assertion, is the law of the highest universe.

Our supreme duty is to advance toward freedom - physical, mental, and spiritual - and help others to do so.

The first sign of your becoming religious is that you are becoming cheerful

Put God behind everything-human beings, animals, food, and work. Make this a habit.

Please everyone without becoming a hypocrite or a coward.

Why should a Man be Moral? Because this strengthens his will.