Letter to Shri Alasinga Perumal 24

Do you mean to say I am born to live and die one of those caste-ridden, superstitious, merciless, hypocritical, atheistic cowards that you find only amongst the educated Hindus? I hate cowardice; I will have nothing to do with cowards or political nonsense.

Letter No. XCII

Life is a series of fights and disillusionments. The secret of life is not enjoyment, but education through experience.

Letter to Mr. Alasinga Perumal 07

You now start a Society and a journal and the necessary apparatus. This must be a secret amongst only a few — but at the same time try to collect funds from Mysore and elsewhere to build a temple in Madras which should have a library and some rooms for the office.