be good and to do good

“To be good and to do good - that is the whole of  religion.”

Stand up, be bold, be strong.

“Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on our 
own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny”

What the world wants is character.

What the world wants is character. The world is in need of those whose life is one burning love—selfless. That love will make every word tell like a thunderbolt. Aware, awake, great souls! The world is burning in misery. Can you sleep? 

Your Atman is the support of the universe

Your Atman is the support of the universe—whose support do you stand in need of? Wait with patience and love and strength. If helpers are not ready now, they will come in time. Why should we be in a hurry? The real working force of all great work is in its almost unperceived beginnings.

In one word ideal is that you are divine.

In one word ideal is that you are divine.

if you fail a thousand times make the attempt once more.

Never mind the struggles, the mistakes. I never heard a cow tell a lie, but it is only a cow – never a man. So never mind these failures, these little backslidings; hold the ideal a thousand times; and if you fail a thousand times make the attempt once more.