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Rather hang thyself than belong to the horde of successful imitators.
Thoughts and Aphorisms (1913)
When thou callest another a fool, as thou must, sometimes, yet do not forget that thou thyself hast been the supreme fool in humanity.
Thoughts and Aphorisms (1913)
Very usually, altruism is only the sublimest form of selfishness.
Thoughts and Aphorisms (1913)
Turn all things to honey; this is the law of divine living.
Thoughts and Aphorisms (1913)
God's servant is something; God's slave is greater.
Thoughts and Aphorisms (1913)
Live within; be not shaken by outward happenings.
Thoughts and Aphorisms (1913)
Escape brings not the victory and the crown!
Savitri (1918)
The distinction between Aryan and un-Aryan on which so much has been built seems on the mass of evidence to indicate a cultural rather than a racial difference.
The Secret of the Veda (1971)
Inspiration is a slender river of brightness leaping from a vast and eternal knowledge, it exceeds reason more perfectly than reason exceeds the knowledge of the senses.
Thoughts and Aphorisms (1913)
What is the use of only knowing? I say to thee, Act and be, for therefore God sent thee into this human body.
Thoughts and Aphorisms (1913)
Care not for time and success. Act out thy part, whether it be to fail or to prosper.
Thoughts and Aphorisms (1913)
What is the use of only being? I say to thee, Become, for therefore wast thou established as a man in this world of matter.
Thoughts and Aphorisms (1913)
We have to create strength where it did not exist before; we have to change our natures, and become new men with new hearts, to be born again ...
O soldier and hero of God, where for thee is sorrow or shame or suffering? For thy life is a glory, thy deeds a consecration, victory thy apotheosis, defeat thy triumph.
Thoughts and Aphorisms (1913)
A thought is an arrow shot at the truth; it can hit a point, but not cover the whole target. But the archer is too well satisfied with his success to ask anything farther.
Thoughts and Aphorisms (1913)
The 'nation idea' India never had. By that I mean the political idea of the nation. It is a modern growth. But we had in India the cultural and spiritual idea of the nation.
Indias Rebirth, quoted from Elst, Koenraad (2001)
This Sanatana Dharma has many scriptures: The Veda, the Vedanta, the Gita, the Upanishads, the Darshanas, the Puranas, the Tantras, nor could it reject the Bible or the Koran, but its real, the most authoritative scripture is in the heart in which the Eternal has his dwelling.
The Ideal of the Karmayogin (1921)
Hard is it to be in the world, free, yet living the life of ordinary men; but because it is hard, therefore it must be attempted and accomplished.
Thoughts and Aphorisms (1913)
There are no true and false religions, but rather all religions are true in their own way and degree. Each is one of the thousand paths to the One Eternal.
I have failed, thou sayest. Say rather that God is circling about towards His object.
Thoughts and Aphorisms (1913)