“From a clear knowledge of the Bhagavad-gita all the goals of human existence become fulfilled. Bhagavad-gita is the manifest quintessence of all the teachings of the Vedic scriptures.”

“For a triangle, the result of a perpendicular with the half-side is the area.”

“Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.”

“The problem is not the lack of resources or capability, but the lack of will.”

“Life is all about a card game. Selecting the right card is not in our hand. But playing well with the cards in hand determines our success.”

“The square of a positive, as also of a negative number, is positive; that the square root of a positive number is twofold, positive and negative. There is no square root of a negative number, for it is not a square.”

“Bodies fall towards the earth as it is in the nature of the earth to attract bodies, just as it is in the nature of water to flow.”

“Never stop learning. The thirst to gain more knowledge should never come to an end.”

“I am the master of my failure… If I never fail how will I ever learn.”

“Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.”

“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”

“If I had the power to influence Indian journals, I would have the following headlines printed in bold letters on the first page: Milk for the infants, food for the adults, and education for all.”

“Only two kinds of people can attain self-knowledge: those who are not encumbered at all with learning, that is to say, whose minds are not over-crowded with thoughts borrowed from others; and those who, after studying all the scriptures and sciences, have come to realize that they know nothing.”

“Education needs inspiration, not just information. Only inspired human beings can transform their own lives and lives around them.”

“It is the intense spirituality of India, and not any great political structure or social organization that it has developed, that has enabled it to resist the ravages of time and the accidents of history.”

“We shall overcome and success will be ours in the future. The future belongs to us.”

“Without mathematics, there is nothing you can do. Everything around you is mathematics. Everything around you is numbers.”

“An equation means nothing to me unless it expresses a thought of God.”

“One individual may die for an idea, but that idea will, after his death, incarnate itself in a thousand lives.”

“We want that education by which character is formed, strength of mind is increased, the intellect is expanded, and by which one can stand on one's own feet.”

“Throughout the history of mankind, if any motive power has been more potent than another in the lives of all great men and women, it is that of faith in themselves. Born with the consciousness that they were to be great, they became great.”

“It is selfishness that we must seek to eliminate! I find that whenever I have made a mistake in my life, it has always been because self entered into the calculation. Where self has not been involved, my judgement has gone straight to the mark.”

“Never say, 'No', Never say, 'I cannot', for you are infinite. Even time and space are as nothing compared with your nature. You can do anything and everything, you are Almighty.”

“There is no better boat than a horoscope to help a man cross over the sea of life.”