“A little of the infinite is projected into consciousness, and that we call our world.”

“We must also remember that in every little village-god and every little superstitious custom is that which we are accustomed to call our religious faith. But local customs are infinite and contradictory. Which are we to obey, and which not to obey? The Brāhmin of Southern India, for instance, would shrink in horror at the sight of another Brahmin eating meat; a Brahmin in the North thinks it a most glorious and holy thing to do—he kills goats by the hundred in sacrifice. If you put forward your custom, they are equally ready with theirs. Various are the customs all over India, but they are local. The greatest mistake made is that ignorant people always think that this local custom is the essence of our religion.”

“All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind; the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind.”

“Don't look back—forward, infinite energy, infinite enthusiasm, infinite daring, and infinite patience—then alone can great deeds be accomplished.”

“What is now wanted is a combination of the greatest heart with the highest intellectuality, of infinite love with infinite knowledge.”

“This universe is the wreckage of the infinite on the shores of the finite.”

“One infinite - pure and holy - beyond thoughts and beyond qualities - bow down to thee”