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.
Make your meditation a continuous state of mind. A great worship is going on all the time, so nothing should be neglected or excluded from your constant meditative awareness.
If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.
Too much study of the scriptures does more harm than good. The important thing is to know the essence of the scriptures. After that, what is the need of books? One should learn the essence and then dive deep in order to realize God.
Bondage is of the mind; freedom too is of the mind. If you say ‘I am a free soul. I am a son of God who can bind me’ free you shall be.
Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.
Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
Great men have the nature of a child.
Unless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth.
When the divine vision is attained, all appear equal; and there remains no distinction of good and bad, or of high and low.