What we want is progress, development, realisation. No theories ever made men higher. No amount of books can help us to become purer.
What we now want in our country, however, is not so much of weeping, but a little strength.
If failure comes, there need be no sorrow. The work was done only for love of God.
Most of us will find that we were born for service. We must leave the results to God. The work was done only for love of God.
In the highest love, union is only of the spirit. All love of any other kind is quickly evanescent. Only the spiritual lasts, and this grows.
We are bound by the senses; they play upon us, make fools of us all the time.
Talking about faith and belief and doctrine is easy, but it is so difficult to build character and to stem the tide of the senses.
The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves! If you do not exist, how can God exist, or anybody else?
Do not stand on a high pedestal and take five cents in your hand and say, “Here, my poor man," but be grateful that the poor man is there so that by making a gift to him, you are able to help yourself. It is not the receiver that is blessed, but it is the giver.