The Divine has loved me as mother, as father, and as friend, behind all friends. I searched for that one Friend behind all friends, that one lover whom I now see glimmering in all your faces. And that friend never fails me.
Have the unflinching determination to move on your path unhampered by limiting thoughts of past errors.
Your part is to awaken your desire to accomplish your worthy objectives. Then whip your will into action until it follows the way of wisdom that is shown to you.
Success is hastened or delayed by one’s habits. It is not your passing inspirations or brilliant ideas so much as your everyday mental habits that control your life.
You must stand unshaken amidst the crash of breaking worlds.
Intuition is the discriminative faculty that enables you to decide which of two lines of reasoning is right. Perfect intuition makes you a master of all.
Be honest with yourself. The world is not honest with you. The world loves hypocrisy. When you are honest with yourself you find the road to inner peace.
Do your best and then relax. Let things go on in a natural way, rather than force them.
Do not think of yourself as the body, but as the joyous consciousness and immortal life behind it.
The Bhagavad-Gita is where God Himself talks to His devotee Arjuna.
Intuition is soul guidance, appearing naturally in man during those instants when his mind is calm.
Some people try to be tall by cutting off the heads of others.
In that power of self-control lies the seed of eternal freedom.
As you forget self in service to others, you will find that, without seeking it, your own cup of happiness will be full.
Some form of self-discipline is necessary to transmute material desires into spiritual aspirations.
Happiness blooms naturally in the hearts of those who are inwardly free. It flows spontaneously, like a mountain spring after April showers, in minds that are contented with simple living.
Work for God, love God alone, and be wise with God. When an ordinary man puts the necessary time and enthusiasm into meditation and prayer, he becomes a divine man.
Through Self-realization man becomes aware of true values as to his place in the divine plan and his relation to the past, present, and future of mankind.
He who has realized oneness with God possesses all knowledge contained in Him. Knowing the Lord as Beginning and End of all beings and worlds, a true Brahmin has knowledge of the hereafter and of the workings of nature on this plane of existence.
When you exercise your will power you release the power of life energy – not when you merely wish passively to be able to obtain an objective.