The fear and anxiety that infect humanity today are the results of this degradation of values, this ignorance of what is of significance and what is not, this want of faith in what the elders and sages have handed down as the wisdom of ages. People prefer what is pleasing to what is beneficial.
Man’s sense of values is so degraded that he does not revere the Geetha, as much as he values and scans the pages of the daily newspaper. This is to be attributed to sheer ignorance and perversity, or pitiable fate.
Some consider themselves great because they have vast territory, some because they have finance, some because they have arms, some because they have vast populations, but, the real wealth, real greatnesss is virtue which earns the Grace of God.
Whatever happens, the path of virtue should not be given up.
Whoever tries to understand the Human Values of Truth, Righteous conduct, Peace, Love and Non-violence properly, who practises these values and propagates them with zeal and sincerity can alone be described as a truly educated person.
What is the freedom a man can enjoy? Man is governed by certain restraints. He has to adhere to truth.
The cultivation of Human Values alone is Education.
Human values should predominate in men’s thoughts. Human life has no meaning without these values.
Cultivate the heart to raise a harvest of Truth, Righteousness, Peace and Love. This crop has to be raised in your heart and should be shared with others.
Everyone has Love towards some thing or other, and that Love is a spark of the Divine; everyone has ultimately to base his life on some one Truth; that Truth is God.
Our life is like a block of ice which is melting away every moment. Before it spends itself, devote it to the service of others. Education in Human Values is designed to prepare everyone for this life of dedicated service.
Adore man, the adoration reaches Me. Neglect man; you neglect Me. Of what avail is it to worship the Lord and to suppress man, His counterpart on earth? Love for God must be manifested as Love for man, and Love must express itself as service.
God rewards according to the mannerin which He is conceived or approached.
God plays pranks and directs.
Prayer must emanate from the heart, where God resides, and not from the head where doctrines and doubts clash.
Control of senses is an important human value.
Some people think, Swami calls himself a powerful magnet, but He is unable to attract us. The fault lies in them only.
As a matter of fact, there is no trace of ill-health in Me. I am always healthy. Not only today, till 96 years I will be like this.
Be sincere; talk only about your genuine experience; do not distort, exaggerate or falsify that experience.
Human society needs essntially fellow-feeling and unity. When these two are present, humanness will flourish.