To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and God is the end.
When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.
What is the use of merely listening to lectures? The real thing is practice.
The fabled musk deer searches the world over for the source of the scent which comes from itself.
Longing is like the rosy dawn. After the dawn out comes the sun. Longing is followed by the vision of God.
It is not lust alone that one should be afraid of in the life of the world. There is also anger. Anger arises when obstacles are placed in the way of desire.
The winds of grace blow all the time. All we need to do is set our sails.
Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
The waves belong to the Ganges, not the Ganges to the waves. A man cannot realize God unless he gets rid of all such egotistic ideas as “I am such an important man” or “I am so and so”. Level the mound of “I” to the ground by dissolving it with tears of devotion.
So many religions, so many paths to reach the one and the same goal.
It is the mind that makes one wise or ignorant, bound or emancipated.
Do not be small minded. Do not pray for gourds and pumpkins from God, when you should be asking for pure love and pure knowledge to dawn within every heart.
Work, apart from devotion or love of God, is helpless and cannot stand alone.
At a certain stage in the path of devotion, the devotee finds satisfaction in God with form, and at another stage, in God without it.
Who is whose Guru? God alone is the guide and Guru of the universe.
Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
Honour both spirit and form, the sentiment within as well as the symbol without.
As a boy holding to a post or a pillar whirls about it with headlong speed without any fear or falling, so perform your worldly duties, fixing your hold firmly upon God, and you will be free from danger.
It’s enough to have faith in one aspect of God. But never get into your head that your faith alone is true and every other is false.
All will surely realize God. All will be liberated. It may be that some get their meal in the morning, some at noon, and some in the evening; but none will go without food. All, without any exception, will certainly know their real Self.