The Vedanta recognizes no sin it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the Vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that.

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.

To me all palaces are preposterous, a tasteless, dreary expression of ostentation.

In the end, everything is a gag.

One murder makes a villain, millions a hero. Numbers sanctify.

Whiskey! Never tasted such beastly stuff in my life! In a civilized country they drink wine