“Defeating the infidels requires a much greater effort. It requires the mobilization of the nation.”

“I long so much to make beautiful things. But beautiful things require effort and disappointment and perseverance.”

“The light of conscience … enters the eyes of the soul, as the light of the sun enters the eyes of the body; and to open the former requires no greater effort than to open the latter.”

“Is love an art? Then it requires knowledge and effort.”

“[N]o serious historian of nations and nationalism can be a committed political nationalist… Nationalism requires too much belief in what is patently not so.”

“Remember, no more effort is required to aim high in life, to demand abundance and prosperity, than is required to accept misery and poverty.”

“Being a decent human being will require effort and energy…”

“Sexual intercourse consumes time, requires much effort, absorbs a huge part of energy. But it gives such dose of pleasure, that all of these defects don't matter.”

“Ishta-devata and Guru are aids - very powerful aids on this path. But an aid to be effective requires your effort also. Your effort is a sine qua non. It is you who should see the sun. Can spectacles and the sun see for you? You yourself have to see your true nature. Not much aid is required for doing it!”

“Psychological or spiritual development always requires a greater capacity for anxiety and ambiguity.”