To need nothing is divine, and the less a man needs the nearer does he approach to divinity.

When my heart can beat no more, I hope I die for a principle or a belief that I have lived for.

Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.

Creative people have to be fed from the divine source. I have to get fed. I had to get filled up in order to pour out.

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.

Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly.