Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.
Never be afraid of the moments – thus sings the voice of the everlasting.
When we rejoice in our fullness, then we can part with our fruits with joy.
If religion, instead of being the manifestation of a spiritual ideal, gives prominence to scriptures and external rites, then does it disturb the peace more than anything else.
Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.
Discipline divorced from wisdom is not true discipline, but merely the meaningless following of custom, which is only a disguise for stupidity.
Those who own much have much to fear.
And joy is everywhere; it is in the earth’s green covering of grass; in the blue serenity of the sky.
Love remains a secret even when spoken, for only a true lover truly knows that he is loved.
Whether joy or sorrow, pain or pleasure; whatsoever may befall thee, accept it serenely with an unvanquished heart.
Let my love like sunlight surround you and yet give you illumined freedom.
The problem is not how to wipe out all differences, but how to unite with all differences intact.
The meaning of our self is not to be found in its separateness from God and others, but in the ceaseless realization of yoga, of union; not on the side of the canvas where it is blank, but on the side where the picture is being painted.
The most important lesson that man can learn from life, is not that there is pain in this world, but that it is possible for him to transmute it into joy.
Whatever we treasure for ourselves separates us from others; our possessions are our limitations.
Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.
Wrong is wrong only when you are at liberty to choose.
For many years, at great cost, I traveled through many countries, saw the high mountains, the oceans. The only things I did not see were the sparkling dewdrops in the grass just outside my door.
My eyes have seen much, but they are not weary. My ears have heard much, but they thirst for more.
My dearest life, I know you are not mine forever; but do love me even if it’s for this moment. After that I shall vanish into the forest where you cast me, I won’t ask anyone for anything again. Give me something that can last me till I die.