An ocean of bliss may rain down from the heavens, but if you hold up only a thimble, that is all you receive.
If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them.
As long as I live, so long do I learn.
God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.
God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer.
One should not think, ‘My religion alone is the right path and other religions are false.’ God can be realized by means of all paths. It is enough to have sincere yearning for God. Infinite are the paths and infinite are the opinions.
The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.
The Man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself.
The magnetic needle always points to the north, and hence it is that sailing vessel does not lose her direction. So long as the heart of man is directed towards God, he cannot be lost in the ocean of worldliness.
Sunlight is one and the same wherever it falls; but only a bright surface like that of water, or of a mirror reflects it fully. So is the light Divine. It falls equally and impartially on all hearts, but the pure and pious hearts of holy men receive and reflect that light well.
The tree laden with fruits always bends low. If you wish to be great, be lowly and meek.
All religions are true. God can be reached by different religions. Many rivers flow by many ways but they fall into the sea. They all are one.
Whoever wants God intensely, finds Him. Go and verify it in your own life.
God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God.
You see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the sun rises. Can you therefore say that there are no stars in the heavens during the day? Because you cannot find God in the days of your ignorance, say not that there is no God.
One cannot be spiritual as long as one has shame, hatred, or fear.
The world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death.
Do yourself what you wish others to do.
Common men talk bagfuls of religion but do not practise even a grain of it. The wise man speaks a little, even though his whole life is religion expressed in action.
Spirituality automatically leads to humility. When a flower develops into a fruit, the petals drop off on its own. When one becomes spiritual, the ego vanishes gradually on its own. A tree laden with fruits always bends low. Humility is a sign of greatness.