If a man achieves victory over this body, who in the world can exercise power over him? He who rules himself rules over the whole world.
The river flows at its own sweet will, but the flood is bound in the two banks. If it were not thus bound, its freedom would be wasted.
Though the names karma yoga and sannyasa are different, the truth at the heart of both is the same.
It is a curious phenomena that God has made the hearts of the poor, rich and those of the rich, poor.
If we could only snap the fetters of the body that bind the feet of the soul, we shall experience a great joy. Then we shall not be miserable because of the body's sufferings. We shall become free.