Touch-me-notism That Disfigures The Present Day Hinduism

I Suffer Snakes To Be Killed In The Ashram When It Is Impossible To Catch Them And Put Them Out Of Harm's Way.

It Is No Religion To Have For One's Wife A Girl Who Is Fit Only To Sit In One's Lap, It Is The Height Of Irreligion.

The Path Of Self-purification Is Hard And Steep. One Has To Become Absolutely Passion-free In Thought, Speech And Action To Rise Above The Opposing Currents Of Love And Hatred, Attachment And Repulsion. I Know That I Have Not In Me As Yet That Triple Purity In Spite Of Constant Ceaseless Striving For It. That Is Why The World's Praise Fails To Move Me, Indeed It Very Often Stings Me. To Conquer The Subtle Passions Seems To Me To Be Harder Far Than The Physical Conquest Of The World By The Force Of Arms.

Devotion Required By The Gita Is No Soft-hearted Effusiveness.

It Is A Mark Of Wisdom Not To Kick Away The Very Step From Which We Have Risen Higher. The Removal Of One Step From A Staircase Brings Down The Whole Of It.