Notes

Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to success and, above all, love.
First get rid of the delusion “I am the body”, then only will we want real knowledge.
you have universe inside you
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, that is way great spiritual giants are produced

We reap what we sow. We are the makers of our own fate. None else has the blame, none has the praise.
Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.

If the mind is intensely eager, everything can be accomplished—mountains can be crumbled into atoms.

If people are not laughing at your goals, your goals might be too small

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

Those who work at a thing heart and soul not only achieve success in it but through their absorption in that they also realize the supreme truth—Brahman. Those who work at a thing with their whole heart receive help from God.

Fill the brain with high thoughts, highest ideals, place them day and night before you, and out of that will come great work.

“Face the brutes.” That is a lesson for all life—face the terrible, face it boldly. Like the monkeys, the hardships of life fall back when we cease to flee before them.

Knowledge can only be got in one way, the way of experience; there is no other way to know
God is merciful to those whom He sees struggling heart and soul for realization. But remain idle, without any struggle, and you will see that His grace will never come.