The soul that reigns within is independent stud creates the desire for freedom.
Every child born into the world brings with it a certain accumulated experience from previous incarnations; and the impress of this experience is seen in the structure of its mind and body. But the feeling of independence which possesses us all shows there is something in us besides mind and body.
True religion comes not front the teaching of men or the reading of books; it is the awakening of the spirit within us, consequent upon pure and heroic action.
Impress upon your children that true religion is positive and not negative, that it does not consist in merely refraining from evil, but in a persistent performance of noble decals.
Very few indeed are those who are at once the possessors of an extensive sympathy and power of appreciation, as well as an intensity of love.
The Bhakta must take care not to hate, nor even to criticise those radiant sons of light who are the founders of various sects;he must not even hear them spoken ill of.
"They call You by so many names; they divide You, as it were, by different names, yet in each one of these is to be found Your omnipotence” You reach the worshipper through all of these, neither is there any special time so long as the soul has intense love for You. You are so easy of approach; it is my misfortune that I cannot love You."
A Bhakta must know that all the various sects of the various religions are the various manifestations of the glory of the same Lord.
One who aspires to be a Bhakta must know that "so many opinions are so many ways".