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Love as Thought is Truth.
Love as Action is Right Conduct.
Love as Understanding is Peace.
Love as Feeling is Non-violence.

Start the Day with Love;
Spend the Day with Love;
Fill the Day with Love;
End the Day with Love;
This is the way to God.

Your heart must be transparent, like glass, with spiritual light within
illuminating the whole world.

Duty is God; Work is worship. Even the tiniest work is a flower placed at
the Feet of God.

Duty without love is deplorable.
Duty with love is desirable.
Love without duty is Divine.

Peace can only be won the hard way, by eliminating violence and greed from
the hearts of individual.

The secret of happiness is not doing what one likes to do but in liking
what one has to do.

The end of wisdom is freedom.
The end of culture is perfection.
The end of knowledge is love.
The end of education is character.

First you must grapple with the fact that duty is God and start doing your
duty.

Transmuting 'man' into 'God' and experiencing that Ananda or Bliss is the
one and only achievement for which life is to be devoted.

The minimum qualifications for Grace is surrender of ego.

The treasure that is precious is the quality of even mindedness in all
situations.

The joy of being the master of senses is far greater than being their
slave.

Your progress is reflected back as Grace, your decline is reflected back as
its absence. The mirror just reflects. It has no partiality or prejudice.

Peace is shoreless ocean - it is the light that illuminates the world.

Virtue is the sign of the educated person. This is what makes education
worthwhile.

God can be felt and experienced only in the deepest depths of silence.

Education must remove hatred between the pilgrims on the various roads to
God. There is only one God, one Goal, one Law, one Truth, one Religion and
one Reason.

To help the helpless is the only way to please, follow and reach Him.

Mind, word and act; all three must be filled with the belief that all is
His play; that is the genuine path.

You are in the Light, then the Light is in you, You are the Light.

Desire is storm, greed is whirlpool, pride is precipice, attachment is
avalanche, ego is volcano. Discard desire and you are liberated.

Devotion has to be unintermittent, uninterrupted, like the flow of oil from
one vessel to another.

Human society minus God is equal to a forest of brutes.

Bear all and do nothing;
Hear all and say nothing;
Give all and take nothing;
Serve all and be nothing.

Man minus immorality is Immortality.

God is for those, who are not for themselves.

So long as the sugar is on the tongue, you feel the sweetness in taste.
Similarly, so long as the heart has love, peace and devotion, you feel the
bliss.

If you will not rise above the things of the world, they will rise above
you.

Praying is your task; what happens to the prayer is dependent on the Grace
of God.

Seek out your faults and others' merits. Seeking others' faults is dire
sin.

Your duty is to pray for the welfare of the world and to work for it as far
as it lies in your power.

Earning money cannot be the purpose of education. Acquiring good qualities
can be the only purpose of education.

True devotion must not get dispirited; nor elated or satisfied with lesser
gains; it must fight against failure, loss, calumny, calamity, ridicule and
against egoism and pride, impatience and cowardice.

Follow the Master;
Face the devil;
Fight to the end;
Finish the goal.

If animal feelings are washed out, Divine feelings begin to overflow
instead.

A man who has no love in him is as barren as a cloud with no moisture, a
tree with no fruits or a cow yielding no milk; he is ever far from God and
can never earn His Grace.

Life is a bridge over the sea of changes. Do not build a house on it.

In the innermost recess of your heart there is a reservoir of peace where
you must take refuge.

Employ yourself usefully. Be like a trustee, holding on trust, on behalf of
God, for the purpose which He likes and approves.

Hear good things, see good, do good, think good, then you get the Grace of
God, as all the evil tendencies will be uprooted.

All are expressions of the same God, as bulbs lit by the same current
through manifold colors and wattage.

Have faith in His Grace and lead a virtuos life, a life devoted to the
service of the weak; a life spent in the thought about the might and glory
of God.

The refinement of an individual is measured by the yard stick of sense
control.

Prayer must emanate from the heart, where God resides, and not from the
head where doctrines and doubts clash.

You have come from God, you are a spark of His Glory; you are a wave of
that Ocean of Bliss; you will get peace only when you again merge in Him.

See God in every one you meet; see God in every thing you handle. Live
together, revere each other, let not the seeds of envy and hate grow and
choke the clear stream of Love.

Make your life a rose, that speaks silently in the language of fragrance.

Be in the world, but let not the world be in you.

Be like the lions in the spiritual field, rule over the forest of the
senses and roam fearlessly with full faith in victory.

The heart with compassion is the temple of God.

Start early, Drive slowly, Reach safely.

Watch your Words, Action, Thoughts, Character and Heart.

Education softens the heart. If the heart is hard, one cannot claim to be
educated.

Faith in ourselves and faith in God: this is the secret of Greatness, for
God is Love.

Good ideas, good conduct and adherence to Truth should result from our
education. Only those who acquire these qualities can be called truly
educated.

Devotion to the Divine will give you Bliss, Prosperity and Peace. It cannot
inflict pain, perturbation or personal anxiety. It fosters love and brings
all together as one band of brothers.

Every action of yours at the present time is bound to have a reaction,
resound and reflection in the future.

Reach the point where churches, temples, mosques do not matter, where all
roads end, from where all roads run.

Doing one's duty, however small, in an unattached manner gives rise to the
awakening of self awareness.

Bend the body, mend the senses and end the mind - this is the way to
Immortality.

Try within your means to satisfy the needs of the poor.

If you place complete faith in the Lord at all times, you will receive His
Grace. Grace takes away the pain of Karma. The Lord can save man completely
from Karma.

God has no preferences and prejudices; His is but reaction, reflection and
resound.

Where there is Faith, there is Love;
Where there is Love, there is Peace;
Where there is Peace, there is Truth;
Where there is Truth, there is God;
Where there is God, there is Bliss.

Life is Love, enjoy it;
Life is Challenge, meet it;
Life is a Song, sing it;
Life is a Dream, realize it;
Life is a Game, play it;
Life is a Goal. achieve it.

Ego lives by getting and forgetting;
Love lives by giving and forgiving;
Love is expansion; Self is contraction;
Self is lovelessness; Love is selflessness.

There is only one religion, the religion of Love;
There is only one language, the language of the Heart;
There is only one caste, the caste of Humanity;
There is only one law, the law of Karma;
There is only one God, He is Omnipresent.

Haste makes waste;
Waste makes worry;
So do not be in a hurry.

You are not one person, but three:
The one think you are;
The one others others think you are;
The one you really are.

Money comes and goes; morality comes and grows.

Nations are many, but Earth is one;
Beings are many, but Breath is one;
Stars are many, but Sky is one;
Oceans are many, but Water is one;
Religions are many, but God is one;
Jewels are many, but Gold is one;
Appearances are many, but Reality is One.

Come just one step forward, I shall take a hundred towards you. Shed one
tear, I shall wipe a hundred from your eyes.

The proof of rain is in the wetness of the ground; the proof of devotion is
in the peace the aspirant has attained.

Every experience is a lesson, every loss is a gain.

You should completely forget the help rendered by you to others and the
harm done to you by others.

If wealth is lost, nothing is lost.
If health is lost, something is lost.
If character is lost, all is lost.

The body has to be utilized for service to others. More bliss can be got
from serving others than from merely serving oneself.

You should consider every individual as God. This is true worship.

You are not doing service for others. You are doing it always for
yourselves, to the God in you, the God who is equally present in others.

If it is good and will harm no one, go ahead. If it is not good, put it
aside. If not sure, do nothing until sure.

What is needed today is that we should lead a life of good quality. The
fostering of sterling character and good conduct is the need of the world.
Once we have greater numbers of such people of good quality, the country
and the world will become prosperous and peaceful.

You must act ever in the consciousness of your divinity and recognize in
each being, a brother, a child of God. The whole world is one family.

The only permanent change is slow, steady change.

God, if you think, God you are.
Dust if you think, dust you are.
As you think, so you become.
Think God, be God.

Those who seek to acquire steadiness of faith must first acquire the
strength to bear grief and pain, insult and injury. The succession of joy
and grief must help confirm the faith and make it immovable. That alone can
evidence true devotion.

Failures are stepping stones to success.

Individual spiritual practice is the negative pole and service is the
positive pole. The conjunction of both poles can alone bring success. The
mind carries the divine principle (the light of love) and conveys it to all
who contact it.

We can be successful leaders only if we are disciplined followers, who do
not issue commands to others but rather set an example of service in our
actions.

If you have the inclination to do good work, God will give you the time to
do good things.

Man falsely imagines 'I am doing this', 'I am planning this'. It is the
supreme, all pervasive consciousness that motivates, unfolds the skills and
operates the intellect.

Let God work through you and there will be no more duty. Let God shine
forth. Let God show Himself. Live God, Eat God. Drink God. Breath God.
Realize the Truth and the other things will take care of themselves.

Treat all as your own self. Do not have a double standard.

What you would desire others to do for you, you should do for others. You
should respect others as you want to be respected by them.

Love all men without distinction, Know that mankind is a single community.

Is the intention pure, selfless, born out of love? Is it based on truth?
Does it result in peace? If so, it is a right action.

True humanness consists of a continuous series of tiny acts executed with
absolute sincerity and largeness of heart.

The quality of one's feelings determines one's future.

Think before speaking.
Think before acting.
Then go ahead
If you feel good about it.

See good
Hear good
Speak good
Do good
Be good

If you strive to find your Self by using your mind, you will strive and
strive in vain, because the mind cannot give you the Truth. You are that
Self. All else is illusion of the mind's creation.

Every being in the universe has the potentiality of transcending the
senses. Even the little worm will one day transcend the senses and reach
God. No life will be a failure. There is no such thing as failure in the
universe.

More than listening to a hundred lectures or delivering them to others,
offering one act as genuine service attracts the Grace of God.

We should not aspire for acclaim and praise from those around us, but do
service only to secure the Grace of God and not for any other reward from
any one.

Bury bad thoughts under good ones. Then the bad ones will just fade away
and be forgotten.

Living is not enough; it has no value by itself. It is the motives, the
feelings, the thoughts, the attitudes that prompt the day to day life that
matters.

Secure spiritual bliss first and then try to convey it to those who thirst.
When the tank is dry, how can the taps give water?

Always try to put yourself in the position of the other and judge your
action against the background. Then you will not be wrong.

Honor all religions. Each is a pathway to God.

Make the mind, the voice and the actions agree in harmony. That is the
right way of life.

Impurity is a mere superimposition under which the real nature of man has
been hidden.

Where divinity is sought after, one ought always to behave in the spirit of
Love, devoid of the slightest trace of hate, envy and anger. When one
cultivates the inner look, one attains the conviction of the basic equality
of all.

What is heard has to be pondered over. What is pondered over has to be put
into practice. It is only when all three are accomplished that the
realization of Bliss can be attained.

The secret of perfect health lies in keeping the mind always cheerful -
never worried, never hurried, never borne down by any fear, thought or
anxiety.

The pure heart is the best mirror for the reflection of Truth. So all these
disciplines are for the purification of the heart. As soon as it is pure,
all truths flash upon it in a minute.

O Lord, take my love and let it flow in fullness of devotion to Thee.
O Lord, take my hands and let them work incessantly for Thee.
O Lord, take my soul and let it be merged in oneness with Thee.
O Lord, take my mind and thoughts and let them be in tune with Thee.
O Lord, take my everything and let me be an instrument for thy work.

Religion is three-fourths character. Only those who preserve character can
be pronounced truly religious.

Desire destroys devotion, anger destroys wisdom, greed destroys work -
hence these bad qualities must be sacrificed. With good and sweet words,
keeping desires under check and control (for ultimate removal), one should
start on the path of sacrifice.

Man derives all the joy and peace that he needs from within himself and not
from sources outside himself. So the best spiritual discipline is:
strengthen the inward vision.

Anything that helps you maintain unruffled equanimity is right action.

True love expands the self; attachment contracts it.

Moderation in temper is virtue.
Moderation in principle is a vice.

The harder the circumstances, the more trying the environment, the stronger
are those who come out of those circumstances.

That which happens physically on the outside in terms of actions is not of
major importance. What is important is that which comes from inside.

This body is the residence of God. The food you take is the offering you
make to him. Your act of bathing is the ceremonial bathing of Him who is in
You. The ground you walk on is His domain. The joy you gain is His gift.
The grief you experience is His lesson. Remember Him ever, in sun and rain,
day and night, asleep and awake.

Offer service and receive love. This is the recipe for experiencing
Divinity. Our love should not be confined to our kith and kin. It must
extend beyond the family to society as a whole, then to the nation at large
and finally embrace the whole world.

Whatever books you may read, you cannot realize the Divine merely by
intellectual effort. One must put it into practice. That sense of oneness
can only be promoted by the practice of love and not by any other means.

It is not what you have achieved that is important. It is the broadness of
heart that has motivated you to do work that counts. Being broad minded
with a selfless attitude, humility and obedience, you should try to share
the difficulties of others around you. It is the purity of heart that is
more important than the magnitude of the work itself.

Our relationships are heart to heart relationships. Ours is a business of
love, not a business of money or materials.

For the progress of humanity, work alone is not adequate, but the work
should be associated with love, compassion, right conduct, truthfulness and
sympathy. Without the above qualities, selfless service cannot be
performed.

God will not ask you when and where you did service? He will ask, with what
motive did you do it? What was the intention that prompted you? You may
weigh the service and boast of its quantity. But God seeks quality - the
quality of heart, the purity of mind, the holiness of motive.

Living with God is education
Living for God is Service
Living in God is Realization

Unity is Divinity. Purity is Enlightenment.

Reform the body, reconstruct the mind, regulate the way of living, then,
the country will become automatically strong and prosperous.

Before you speak, Think -Is it necessary?
Is it true?
Is it kind?
Will it hurt anyone?
Will it improve on the silence?

The first step in the Sadhana is the cleansing of the speech. Talk sweet
without anger. Do not boast of your scholarship or attainments. be humble,
eager to serve; conserve your speech. Practice silence. That will save you
from squabbles, frittering thoughts and faction.

Spend a few minutes every morning and evening in the Silence of your own
shrine or home; spend them with the highest of all the Powers that you know
of. Be in His elevating and Inspiring company; worship Him mentally; offer
unto Him all the work you do; you will come out of the silence nobler and
more heroic than when you went in.

Forget the harm that anyone has done to you, and forget the good that you
have done to others.

There is only one royal road for the spiritual journey...Love

Be Silent yourself, that will induce Silence in others. Do not fall into
the habit of shouting, talking long and loud. Reduce contacts to the
minimum. Carry with you an atmosphere of quiet contemplation, wherever you
happen to be.

Learn the value of Silence, of Namasmarana, of Bhajan, of Japa, of Dhyana,
of single minded remembrance of the Lord, of the association with
spiritually kin. These will stand you in good stead, when distress assails
you.

The year becomes new, the day becomes holy, when you sanctify it by
spiritual discipline, not otherwise.

All life is one, my dear son, be alike to every one.

Do not crave for recognition and respect from others; crave rather for
winning grace from the Lord.

God is love, live in love.

The Lord will be watching with a thousand eyes the least activity of man to
discover any slight trace of selfless love sweetening it.

A sound mind ensures a sound body; a sound body ensures a sound mind.

The body will shine if the character is fine; service of man and worship of
God will preserve its charm.

The peace that pervades the heart can never be shaken for any reason; only
peace of this kind is worthy of the name.

Love all beings; that is enough.

The grace of God is like insurance. It will help you in your time of need
without any limit.

The service of man is the only means by which you can serve God.

God is in you
God is in every word of yours,
Every deed and thought.
Speak, do and think as befits Him.

Do not seek to discover or discuss the evil in others, for the attempt will
tarnish your own minds.

Life is:
Loving
Listening
Lifting
Learning
Living

Thinking, discriminating and practice - all three constitute the basic
human characteristics.

Education should build character.

Its is Truth and Truth alone, that is one's real friend, relative.

Faith is like our life breath. It is impossible to live even for a minute
in this world without faith.

Resolve to carry on the quest of your own Reality.

Hatred sprouts;
Envy raises its hood.
Love sprouts;
Peace descends like dew.

Life is the car, your heart is the key, God is the chauffeur.

Expand yourselves; do not contract into your own tiny individuality.

Foster Love
Live in Love
Spread Love

Have the name and form of God as your companion, guide and guardian
throughout the toils of the waking hours.

When you retire for the night offer grateful homage to God for being with
you all day long.

The present is a product of the past, but it is also the seed for the
future.

Experience that is drawn through any of the senses has an effect on one's
health.

The mind sees separateness, Love sees unity.

Head in the forest; Hands in society

Today's man is pursuing unrestrained sense cravings. These pursuits drag
man's mind into the gutter.

A man's well-being depends upon his degree of contentment.

Every living being in this world is knowingly or unknowingly on a spiritual
pilgrimage.

Every one is the embodiment of God.

Character is the most precious gift of education.

Life is a challenge, meet it !
Life is a dream, realize it !
Life is a game, play it !
Life is Love, enjoy it !

You are all members of the same family, bound by the Religion of Love.

True education is not for a mere living, but for a fuller and meaningful
life.

Devotion is not a uniform to be worn on certain days and then to be put
aside.

If the mind of man is not reformed and purified then all the plans to
reform the world will be futile.

What God gives is never exhausted.
What man gives never lasts.

Love must express itself as Service.

Man has to recognize the indebtedness to society and his duty towards it.

You must make the mind the servant of God, not the slave of the senses.

Good company is important, it helps to cultivate good qualities.

As close as you are to God, so close is God to you.

The synthesis of pure, calming food is breathing pure air, listening to
good sounds, looking at good sights, and touching pure objects.

We must control our desires.
Don't waste money
Don't waste time
Don't waste food
Don't waste energy

I - Want - Peace
'I' is ego.
'Want' is desire.
Remove ego and desire and you have peace.

The gift of food to the hungry is the noblest of all gifts.

When we sit for the meal, we feel light and effortless. When we are done,
we should rise with the same feeling of lightness and effortlessness.

Love sees all as one Divine family.

Love...doesn't allow any room for pettiness or narrow outlook.

We should realize that man has not only a mind which conceives thoughts,
but also a heart which can put them into practice.

The teachers of tomorrow are the students of today.

Renunciation is the power of battling against evil forces and holding the
mind in check.

The heart of man, which is now allowed to lie fallow, has to be plowed by
spiritual exercises like repetition of God's name.

Teachers must be examples of Love and Truth.

Being example is the best form of Service.

Desire makes man forget his real nature and reduces him to be status of a
beast.

Let the different faiths exist, let them flourish and the glory of God be
sung in all the languages and in a variety of tunes.

Dedicate all your thoughts, words, and deeds to Him.

Man will realize his mission on earth when he knows himself as Divine and
reveres others as Divine.

God gave you the time, space, cause, material, idea, skill, chance, and
fortune. Why should you feel as if your are the doer?

If you give up and surrender to the lord, He will guide you and guard you.

Ignorance is the most important cause of sorrow.

Once we surrender our mind to God completely, He will take care of us in
every way.

Learn to speak what you feel, and act what you speak.

Small minds select narrow roads; expand your mental vision and take to the
broad road of helpfulness, compassion and service.

Politics without principles,
Education without character,
Science without humanity, and
Commerce without morality
Are not only useless, but positively dangerous.

Try to conduct yourself in such a way as not to injure others.

A nation that has no bridle on its sensuality can never thrive or survive.

God is all Names and all Forms

Have constructive thoughts; consoling words; compassionate acts.

The first thing you have to do, to impress upon your mind the reality, is
to recite the name of God and dwell on His Glory in the mind.

Character is to be sought more than intellect.

The attitude today is the root on which the future grows.

If there is righteousness in the heart,
There will be beauty in the character.
If there is beauty in the character,
There will be harmony in the home.
When there is harmony in the home,
There will be order in the nation.
When there is order in the nation,
There will be peace in the world.

Friendship is the expression of unshakable Love. Love that is noble, pure,
free from desire or egoism.

Meditation is nothing else but rising above desires.

When you take one step towards God, God takes ten towards you.

Service should not be exhibitionistic, you must seek no reward, not even
gratitude or thanks from the recipient.

You cannot see Me, but I am the Light you see by.
You cannot hear Me, but I am the Sound you hear by.
You cannot know Me, but I am the Truth by which you live.

The food we consume should be tasty, sustaining and pleasant; It should not
be too hot or too salty; there must be a balance and an equlibrium
maintained.

Real happiness lies within you.

Detachment is sacrifice.

Example, not precept, is the best teaching aid.

Base all educational efforts on building up of the character of the
students, and then you can confidently think of raising on in the
super-structure of curricula.

The mother is the pillar of the home, of society, of the nation, and so of
humanity itself.

You are all separate beads strung together on that one thread, God.

Nourish your aged parents; revere them.

Your thoughts, words and deeds will shape others and theirs will shape you.

Love of the country is the basis on which you can build love for world
community.

Always respect other's opinion and other's point of view.

Spirituality is an activity. It is an activity of the Divinity within.

If you honor your mother, the Mother of the universe will guard you against
harm.

If you honor your father, the Father of all Beings will guard you.

Love expands; it does not limit itself to boundaries.

If you honor your parents, your children will honor you.

A language is as sweet as the tongues of the speakers.

The whole world is One Single Tree;
The different countries are it's branches;
It's root is God;
Human beings are the flowers;
Happiness is the fruit;
Self-realization is the sweet juice therein.

The beauty of life depends upon our good habits.

To reform: First weed out the evil thoughts and bad habits. Second
cultivate good habits.

When the road ends, and the goal is gained, the pilgrim finds that he has
travelled from himself to himself.

Do not preach; practice.

Man loves because he is Love.
He seeks Joy, for he is Joy.
He thirsts for God; for he is composed of
God and he cannot exist without Him.

By peace, western countries mean the interval between two wars. That is no
peace ! When man thinks, speaks, and does good - peace will ensue.

Where there is Love, there God is evident.

God is the Life-breath of every soul.

One single act of service offered to God whom you visualize in another is
worth all the years of yearning for God.

Wealth has to be earned through Righteousness. Desire has to be for
Liberation.

Your duty is to serve, not search for faults.

There is no living being without the spark of love; even a mad man loves
something or somebody.

Make the home a seat of harmony.

The greatest fear man can have, is the fear of losing God's Love.

God is the mother and father of the world. Our parents are the mother and
father of this body.

God is one; there are not many Gods, one for each tribe among men.

Love is one; it transcends caste, color and creed, if it has to be genuine.

Truth is one; there cannot be two. For, two can only be One, occuring
twice.

The goal is one; for all roads must lead to the One God.

God is to be recognized in all that exists, all that is charming,
suffering, blooming or drooping.

When heart speaks to heart, it is love that is transmitted.

A limit should be placed on the food that we take.

If you know the road and the goal, then you can discover whether you are
progressing or not

Make the fullest of your talents and march as long as you can, and pitch
the tent nearer the goal, when darkness falls.

Truth is the basis of Righteousness.

Be ever watchful to see that you strive to take in more and more of God
into you.

Implant in your Heart:
1. Do not forget God.
2. Do not put faith in the world you see around you.
3. Do not be afraid.

The wise are those who know the self.

Truth has no fear; Untruth shivers at every shadow.

Sensory pleasures are trinkets, trivialities.

God is the doer; You are but the instrument.

Cultivate that attitude of Oneness between men of all creeds, all countries
and all continents.

Not through wealth can Immortality be won; it can be won only through
renunciation.

Give up; do not grasp in clenched fists.
Release; do not bind and get bound.

Eat, when you are hungry - not before or after.

Do not waste a single moment, in idling or loose living.

Love of the country is the basis on which you can build love for the world
community.

If you safeguard Righteousness, it will , in its turn, safeguard us.

Do not get attached to worldly things and pursuits. Be in the world, but do
not let the world be in you.

Have no desire to place before God. Whatever He does with you, however He
treats you, is the gift that He likes best, to give you!

Work disinterestedly. Content to do one's duty as best as one can.

Aspire now
Adore now
Achieve now.

Blood has to circulate from head to foot;
Love has to circulate from high to low.

Campaign against the temptations of the senses;
Conquer inner foes;
Triumph over your ego.

Practice alone makes man perfect.

Have the Love of God filling and thrilling your heart; then, you cannot
hate anyone.

God is not to be spoken of as coming down or going up, since He is
everywhere.

The fulfillment of human life consists in the service that man renders,
without any thought of return, in an attitude of selflessness.

Spiritual discipline grows only in a field fertilized by Love.

Be steady, have faith, and reach the Goal safe.

To rectify the world and put it on the proper path, we have to first
rectify ourselves and our conduct.

Teachers are reservoirs from which, through the process of education,
students draw the water of life.

Knowledge that is not put into practice is like food that is not digested.

Man can realize his mission on the earth only when he knows himself as
Divine and when he reveres all others as Divine.

Real Peace of mind has no ups and downs; it cannot be partial in adversity
and whole in prosperity.

Instead of making the senses which are at best very poor guides and
informants his servants, man has made them his masters.

There may be differences among men, in physical strength, financial status,
intellectual acumen - but, all are equal in the eye of God.

Discipline trains you to put up with disappointments, every rose has a
thorn.

You say, 'enjoy'; but it is when you 'end joy', that you can really enjoy.

The day when passion is accepted as a mark of womanhood, it will mark the
beginning of the end of femininity>

If you feel you are a hundred percent dependent on God, He will look after
you and save you from harm and injury.

Love with no expectation of return.

Activity must be dedicated to God, the Highest Good. Then, it will provide
health to body and mind.

God is omnipotent.  All powerful
God is Omnipresent.  Present everywhere.
God is Omniscient.  All knowing.

God, first; the world next; myself last!

Live on your own earnings, your own resources.

Man seeks to change the foods available in nature to suit his tastes,
thereby putting an end to the very essence of life contained in them.

Each man carries his own destiny in his own hands.

Dreams relating to God are real.

The easiest way to control sensuous desires is to practice altruistic love.

Our good conduct is our true wealth.

If some people say there is no God, it only means that they are at too
great a distance to be aware of Him.

Men are born with a helpless lamenting cry; they should die with a smile of
happy joy.

Do not belittle any religion or give predominance to any religion.

Love knows no fear and so love needs no falsehood to support it.

Do not use poisonous words against anyone, for, words wound more fatally
than even arrows.

You must be a lotus unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky,
unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains
it!

Be loving, begin to perceive your inner voice and follow it.

The root is education and the fruit is virtue.

Of all the insanities that harass man, God-madness is the least harmful,
and the most beneficial.

You may be able to pay back any debt; but the debt you owe your mother, you
never can repay.

Love is the light that guides the feet of man in the wilderness.

Every experience that is drawn through any of the senses has an effect on
one's health.

Mine, not thine, this sense of greed is the root of all evil. This
distinction is applied even to God! -- my God, not yours! Your God, not
mine!

Discipline is the mark of intelligent living.

No one can judge another, for, when another is judged you are yourself
condemned.

Love seeks no reward; Love is its own reward.

One without power does not mean lack of physical or mental strength.

Speak soft and sweet; sympathise with suffering and loss and ignorance: try
your best to apply the salve of soothing words and timely succor.

The Lord is but a witness; He is above all hate and anger, of attachment
derived from 'mine' and 'thine'.

Nothing is to be used as itself, for itself.

'Seeing is believing: I will believe in God only if I see Him;' but are all
things seen or heard or touched or tasted, as real as they seem?

Either the Government must have the capacity to educate and reform the
people or the people must have the capacity to educate the Government.

Peace - It can come only from the Fountain of Peace within.

It is best to live with honor for just a day than with dishonor for many
decades; better a short lived celestial swan than a century-lived crow.

Every sense is an outlet for the energy of man in a direction that binds
him to the objective world.

Spiritual progress is right living, good conduct, moral behaviour.

Do all acts as offerings to God; do not classify some as `my work' and some
as `His work'.

The reasoning faculty must be employed to distinguish between the limited
and the unlimited, the Temporary and the Eternal.

Life is a mirage;
It comes from no visible rain;
It falls into no recognizable sea.

When the magnet does not attract the needle, the fault lies in the dirt
that covers up the needle.

Food should not be too salty, too hot, too bitter, too sweet, too sour.

There should not be any trace of dislike or distrust on the score of
nationality, language, caste, economic status, scholarship, age or sex.

The end of knowledge is love.
The end of education is character.

Each country is but a room in the mansion of God.

The very joy derived from service reacts on the body and makes you free
from disease.

The age period 16 - 30 is a crucial stage, when man achieves best and
struggles hardest to achieve.

Man is a spark of the Divine.

All things in creation are subject to the law of change and man too is
subject to this law.

Service is spiritual discipline, not a pastime of the rich and well-placed.

Too much food results in dullness of mind.

God alone is the giver of life, the guardian of life, and the goal of life.

All spiritual practice must be directed to the removal of the husk and the
revelation of the kernel.

The same current activates all.

Man is now able to soar into outer space and reach up to the moon; but he
is not moral enough to live at peace with his neighbor!

The food that one eats has to be pure, free from the subtle evils radiated
by the persons who collect the materials, who cook the dishes, and who
serve them.

Whatever is to our advantage will appear right to us; We do not usually
look upon a matter from the other fellow's standpoint.

However high a bird may soar, it has sooner or later to perch on a tree
top, to enjoy quiet.

The purpose of living is to achieve the `living in God'

When you feel you cannot do good, at least desist from doing evil.

Condemn the wrong and extol the right as soon as you notice either in your
children; that will settle them on the straight path.

Awake, Arise and Stop not until the goal is reached.

Limiting birth by artificial means is an absurdly wrong step. The
consequences of this act is irresponsible fatherhood or frustrated
motherhood.

The mind fixed in the awareness of the One is like a rock, unaffected by
doubt, stable, secure.

Instead of making the senses which are at best very poor guides and
informants his servants, man has made them his masters.

Jesus said:
First  - He is a messenger of God.
Second - He is the son of God.
Third  - He and His Father are one.

Women have equal chances and equal rights to attain Godhead

Let the wave of memory, the storm of desire, the fire of emotion pass
through without affecting your equanimity.

Silence is the speech of the spiritual seeker

All men are cells in the same divine organism, in the divine body. That
should be your faith, your fortune, your fort, your fullness.

Hate screeches
Fear squeals
Conceit trumpets
But love sings lullabies.

Food cooked in water should not be used the next day; it becomes harmful.

No society can find its fulfillment, no social ideal can fructify, without
the blossoming of the spirit of man.

Patience is all the strength that man needs.

The earlier years of life are the most crucial, and so the mother and the
father have to share the responsibility for the upbringing.

Through the media of films, books, music and the behavior of elders, young
minds are excited and aroused into indulgences.

The God of death does not give notice of His arrival to take hold of you.
He is not like the photographer who says, 'I am clicking, are you ready?'

Whenever you get a little leisure, do not spend it in talking about
sundries, but utilize it in meditating on God or in doing service to
others.

Greed yields only sorrow; contentment is best.

Whatever acts a good or bad man may do, the fruits thereof follow him and
will never stop pursuing him.

It is not the standard of living that is important, but the manner of
living.

You must render service out of spontaneous urge from within, with a heart
filled with love.

A chance conglomeration of humans does not become a society.

A society has to be welded into a unit by the consciousness of kinship in
God.

Unity is divinity; Purity us enlightenment.

Reform the body, reconstruct the mind, regulate the way of living, then,
the country will become automatically strong and prosperous.

Forget the harm that anyone has done to you, and forget the good that you
have done to others.

There is only one royal road for the spiritual journey...Love.

If one student is bad, only that student is affected. But if one teacher is
bad, hundreds of students get spoiled.

Your thoughts play a vital role in shaping your life.

Religion is three-fourths character.

The present is a product of the past, but it is also the seed for the
future.

Open the gates of wisdom, tear the veil of ignorance, enter the abode of
Divine Bliss. Rest in peace forever.

Form a Satsang, where you meet and exchange truths and virtuos talk; where
you study holy books and discourses on the glory of God.

All work is God's. He inspires, He helps, He executes, He enjoys, He is
pleased, He reaps, He sowed.

Have faith in yourself. When you have no faith in the wave, how can you get
faith in the ocean?

Do not contemplate on death; it is just an incident in life; contemplate on
God, who is the master of all life.

You must welcome tests because it gives you confidence and it ensures
promotion.

So long as you say 'I am' there is bound to be fear, but once you say and
feel 'I am God' you get unconquerable strength.

By eating flesh one develops violent tendencies and animal diseases.

Do not get swelled up when people praise you and do not feel dejected when
people blame you.

Serve man until you see God in all men.

Knowledge without devotion to God produces hatred.

What is the unmistakable mark of a wise man? It is love, love for all
humanity.

Service springs out of love and it scatters love in profusion.

Soft sweet speech is the expression of genuine love.

Mankind can find happiness only in unity, not in diversity.

Philosophy that cannot be understood, scriptures that are not practised -
it is a waste of time to talk of them.

Anger is the harvest of the bewitching mind; it enslaves man and fogs his
understanding.

People are born for different tasks, but in order to survive every one
requires the same nourishment; inner peace.

Whatever the trouble, however great the sorrow, persist and win by
recollecting the Lord.

Those who have gone through pain and suffering can understand and
sympathise with those who are in pain

The basic Truth in all religions, irrespective of country or race is one
and the same.

Whenever and wherever you put yourself in touch with God, that is the state
of meditation.

The mind is a bundle of desires - remove the threads of attachment one by
one; at the end the 'cloth' disappears and the mind is clear and pure.

Practice silence - for the voice of God can be heard in the region of your
heart only when the tongue is stilled and storm is stilled and the waves
are calm.

Practice the vocabulary of love - unlearn the language of hate and
contempt.

God is in you, around you, behind you, above you, beside you.

Of all the righteous acts, help rendered to those needing it, is the most
righteous.

Surrendering the fruit of action to the Lord is real sacrifice.

My birthday is the date when divinity blossoms in your heart.

God is neither distant nor distinct from you.

What is offered to God is totally free from all defects and imperfections.

The joy that we cause in the heart of God is the only worthwhile
achievement.

The acid test by which an activity can be confirmed as holy or sacred is to
examine whether it promotes attachment or avoids bondage.

Body is like a flashlight.
Eye is like the bulb
Mind is the battery cell
Intelligence is the switch
Only when the four work together do you get the light.

Any happiness that you can give to others will result in happiness for
yourself in the end. Man must realize that he cannot get anything without
sharing it with humanity around him. So, you must believe that happiness of
the people around you will lead to your own happiness in due course.

Illnesses are caused more by malnutrition of the mind than of the body. I
will recommend the repetition of the Name of God. That is Vitamin G. That
is the medicine; regulated life and habits are 2/3 of the treatment, while
the medicine is just 1/3 only.

It is only when you have both divine grace and human endeavor that you can
experience bliss, just as you can enjoy the breeze of a fan only when you
have both a fan and the electrical energy to operate it.

Do not think that only those who worship a picture or image with pompous
paraphernalia are devotees. Whoever walks straight along the moral path,
whoever acts as he speaks and speaks as he has seen, whoever melts at
another's woe and exults at another's joy .... is a devotee, perhaps a
greater devotee.

This is bad; this is good - can such judgements be ever made about anything
in God's creation when all are manifestations of His will?.

Love is one without a second. When this love is directed towards the world,
it is called attachment (anuraga), and when directed towards God, it is
called prema (devotional love).

Living with God is the true education
Living for God is the true devotion
Living in God is the true spirituality.

A bubble of water is born out of water. It is made up of water. It
ultimately mixes with water and disappears. As in this analogy, man is like
a bubble and Narayana is like the source, 'water'. Man is born out of
Narayana, is made up of Him and ultimately merges with Him.

A pure thought from a pure heart is better than a Manthra.

A zero will get its value only if it is placed after an integer. So also a
'Jeeva' will get some value only if it is placed in conjunction with
divinity.

Accomodate all forms of God in your heart. Do not exclude some and welcome
others. Accept all achievements and failures as proofs of the grace of God.

Adoration, affection and attachment are the flowers. Devotion and
dedication are the fruits. When they ripen they fill themselves with the
sweet sustaining juice called wisdom.

Ambition to earn fame in the world, to gain some position of authority over
men, to lead a luxurious life can never ensure mental peace.

An expansive mind is more laudable than an expert brain. One person
shedding love is more desirable than a hundred hard hearted companions.

An iron box is essential to keep safe the precious stones. So too the body
is essential to keep safe the precious gifts of virtue, love and
discrimination.

Anger, ego, jealousy are the biggest diseases. Keep yourself aloof from
these three diseases.

Anger cannot be destroyed by anger and cruelty by cruelty. Anger can be
subdued only by forbearance and cruelty can be overcome only by
nonviolence.

Anger is like an intoxicant; it reduces man and degrades him to the level
of an animal.

As long as the sugar is on the tongue, you feel the sweetness in taste.
Similarly, so long as the heart has love, peace and devotion, you feel
bliss.

As the food, so the mind. As the mind, so the thought. As the thought, so
the act.

At all times, engage yourself in serving others. There is no greater
Sadhana than this.

Be a servant; a servant of God. Feel that you are an instrument in His
hand. Let Him shape you and use you as He knows best.

Be clear and content
Be moderate and wise
Be vigilant and steady.
Be earnest and sweet.

Be good, Do good, See good - this is the way to God.

Be guarded against the 'evil of the tongue', 'evil of the mind' and 'evil
of the hand'.

Be like a star which never wavers from the crescent, but is fixed in steady
faith. Be like a lotus which is not affected by the water in which it is
born.

Be what you profess to be. Speak what you intend to do. Utter what you have
experienced. No more. No less.

Believe that God is one, though he is addressed and prayed to by different
groups of people in different names.

Believe that there is no morality higher than truth, there is no prayer
more fruitful than seva.

Believe that there is nothing greater than truth; nothing sweeter, nothing
more precious and nothing more lasting.

Bend before the lowly, the humbly, the Godly, the good. Do not bend before
the proud; the promoters of hate and greed.

Bhajan cleanses and purifies the atmosphere by its vital vibrations. It
inspires, instructs, it calls and comforts.

Bhakti (devotion) is as essential for experiencing Atmic Bliss as blood is
essential for the body.

Be like the ant. When the ant gets a mixture of sand and sugar, it selects
only sugar; it neglects sand. See only good in others. Pay no attention to
the bad.

Body is a house given to you for rent. Live there so long as He wills,
thanking him and paying Him the rent of faith and devotion.

By chanting the name of the Lord sanctify your time. By singing His glory,
sanctify your life. Always continously develop a pure heart for the welfare
of the world.

Calamity, danger, death cannot be avoided for all time. They are inevitable
factors of life and you have to learn to live bravely with them.

Chanting the name of the Lord must be considered as the highest form of
Sadhana. You can travel anywhere in the light of this name. In this age of
Kali Yuga, the easiest way to reach the Lord, is this chanting of the
Lord's name. There is nothing more sacred than this name.

Character is the most precious gift of education. Without character,
wealth, education and social status are of no avail.

Close your eyes to the faults of others, but keep them open to discover
your own.

Consider the entire society as your home, only then you will realize
genuine unity with all.

Constant dwelling with the name of the Lord gives that unshakeable peace
unaffected by the ups and downs of life.

Command the mind, regulate your conduct, keep your heart straight and
clear, then you will get the grace of God.

Concentration is a conscious activity and meditation is a super conscious
experience.

Contentment is the most precious treasure. Contentment alone can lead man
to the goal of life, the attainment of divinity.

Cows may be of different breeds or colors or sizes, but milk they yield is
the same, the world over. So too, all religions, what ever their origin or
extent of influence, are means to teach man this process.

Creation is divine; imitation is human.

Dedicate all your physical possession and mental skills and intellectual
attainments to the service of the Lord.

Desire is storm, greed is whirl-pool, pride is precipice, attachment is
avalanche and ego is volcano. Discard these and you will be liberated.

Dedicate your hands to the service of mankind, never deviate from that
attitude.

Dedication ensures success; purifies inner vision, gives lasting joy.

Desires, disappointments and despair cause diseases. Filling the mind with
the thought of God is the curative drug.

Develop the quality of love that asks for no return, develop divine
knowledge and develop the inner vision.

Devotion is the sustenance of the heart, just as food is the sustenance for
the body; devotion to duty is the highest form of worship to God.

Devotion is not a uniform to be worn on certain days when you gather for
worship and then to be laid aside when the service is over.

Devotion to God does not mean merely offering worship in a shrine or taking
part in Bhajan or Sankirtan. One must recognize the form of Divine in the
images one worships or human being one serves.

Devotion truly means worshipping the Lord, not caring for the fruits of
one's actions.

Discipline is the mark of intelligent living; it is more essential for
success in spiritual effort.

Dive and declare the depth, eat and judge the taste.

Divine bliss cannot be gained by accumulation of impediments like cars and
houses, land and gold, stocks and stores.

Divine is not manufactured by any company nor available in any shop. It is
not something that can be earned from outside, it has to sprout and grow
from within and treasured within.

Divine is the inner core of all beings, near and far, big or small. Expand
your consciousness to its utmost limits.

Do and dedicate,
Work and worship,
Plan and protect,
But do not worry about the fruit,
That is the secret of spiritual success.

Do good deeds, you get good in return. Do bad deeds, you reap bad results;
do not blame God, thank yourself, blame yourself.

Doing one's duty, however small, in an unattached manner gives rise to the
awakening of self awareness.

Do not be affected when the results you anticipate are not produced; do not
anticipate at all, but leave it to God.

Do not depend on others to serve your needs, become your own servant before
proceeding to serve others.

Do not get puffed up when you succeed. Do not get punctured when you fail.

Do not give room for differences based on language, religion, caste or
nationality. Develop the feeling that all are children of God. You may
worship God in any form of your choice, but always bear in mind that God is
one. Cultivate love and promote unity and harmony among all.

Do not give up wordly duties, but do them with the Name of God on your lips
inviting the Grace of God on your heads.

Do not lay claim to long life but to divine life; do not pine for more
years on earth, but for more virtues in the heart.

Each has has his particular duty, task, role as an individual; do that
duty, carry on that task. Play that role as best as you can; that is how
one can fulfill himself.

Earning money cannot be the purpose of education; acquiring good qualities
can be the only purpose of education.

Education does not mean only giving meaning to the words. Whatever is
learnt in schools and colleges has to be practised and has to be used for
the welfare of the society. That is true education.

Education is a wasteful process unless knowledge is transformed into wisdom
and wisdom is expressed in character.

Education is to be valued not as a means of earning one's livelihood, but
as the essential requisite for a happy, peaceful and progressive life.

Education should be divorced from job hunting. Its primary purpose should
be to enable the educated to lead an honorable and meaningful life in
society.

Education without character, politics without principles and commerce
without morality are not only useless, but positively dangerous.

Ego lives by getting and forgetting. Love lives by giving and forgiving.

Engage always in good deeds, beneficial activities, speak the truth, do not
inflict pain by word or deed or even thought. That is the highest gain
which you can earn in this life.

Every action of yours at the present time is bound to have a reaction,
resound and reflection in the future.

Every human being is has a body which is like a chariot and has a
charioteer, which is the Atma. This is universally true and this is the
basis of the unity and diversity of in all mankind.

Every human being has four birthdays: the first is when he emerges from his
mother's womb; the second is when he begins his spiritual study to lead him
from darkness to light; third is when he has gained wisdom for achieving
self realization; the fourth and last is when he realizes his true identity
and merges with Brahman.

Every passing minute is a precious gift from God which you have to use for
the best and most lasting benefit.

Every rise will be followed by a fall, every elation will be followed by
depression.

Feel that you are a hundred percent dependent on God, He will look after
you and save you from harm and injury.

Feel that your family, your house, your fields, your cars are all the
Lord's property and that you are only the trustee.

Feel the presence of God when silence reigns; in the excitement and
confusion, you cannot hear His 'Foot Fall'.

For the disease of 'Bhavaroga' (birth death cycle), Bhagavan is the
medicine; for the disease of desire, Jnana is the prescription; for the
disease of doubt, the most effective remedy is paropakara (service); for
the major infection of asanthi (anxiety), the course of treatment is
Bhajan.

Friendship should not be based on consideration of fear and favor, sacred
friendship is that which enables one to help others at all times and in all
circumstances.

Get the doctor who would assure 'hereafter you will not fall ill' and not
the doctor who gives some relief to the present attacks.

'Gift' is a meritorious act, if it is rendered to the needy at the time of
need, in a manner that fulfills the need, it must be made without pride and
publicity.

Give up in order to gain; restrain in order to receive; become blind in
order to see more clearly.

Giving is gaining. Gaining is grieving.

Giving up one's evil thoughts constitutes sacrifice and yoga - leaving
one's wife, giving up one's material possessions and repairing to the
forest will be of no avail.

Goal of human life is not just eating, drinking, sleeping, tasting a little
joy and grief and finally dying like any bird or beast; the goal is the
realization of the eternal absolute.

God acts as creator, protector and destroyer. You must show your gratitude
to God by your actions, not your words.

God can be addressed by any name that tastes sweet to your tongue or
pictured in any form that appeals to your sense of wonder and awe.

God cannot be won by tricks or through short cuts, He can be won only by
the hard way of struggle, detachment and tough discipline.

God does not appreciate external pomps and exhibitionistic behaviour. God
does not take revenge if you do not recognize Him or revere Him.

God does not calculate the cost of all which you surrender at His feet; He
examines the spirit in which it is surrendered.

God does not draw you near or keep you far; God does not deny anyone, it is
only you who deny God.

God does not live in structures of stone or brick, He lives in soft hearts,
warm with sympathy and fragrant with universal love.

God grants you what you need and desire; there is no reason to ask, no
reason to grumble.

God has given you the heart to use in life, return it to Him as clean and
as pure.

God has no desire to bless nor anger to induce Him to punish. You get
blessed and punished as a result of your own feelings and acts.

God has no preference and prejudices. He is but reaction and resound.

God has not made any one wholly bad or wholly good; your likes and dislikes
are inducing you to label them such.

God is all mercy, adore Him so long as you have breath, so long as you are
conscious.

God is all names and all forms, He cannot be identified with one name and
one form; the whole universe is inhabited by God.

God is always ready to give you all that you want but you do not seem to
know what is good for you and what you really want, so it is better and
easier to surrender yourself completely to God and simply ask for His
Grace.

God is nameless, but He responds when His name, in any one of the many, is
taken by the seeker.

God is not attracted by your appearance, He will look at the cleanliness of
the inner self.

God is not involved in either rewards or punishment. He only reflects,
resounds and reacts; He is the eternal unaffected witness.

God is not somewhere away from you, someone distinct from you, He is in
you, before you, behind you.

God is the sugar that can make the tasteless drink of life into a sweet
potion.

God sees your devotion and not power; God cares for your quality and not
your caste; God looks at your heart and not at your wealth.

God will respond only when you call Him from the depth of feeling. He will
be deaf even if you call him a million times automatically and artificially
with the tongue and not with the heart.

Grace of God is equal on all, but it leaks through the holes of anger, ego,
lust, greed and desires. Fill the holes with trust, kindness, love,
patience and gratefulness.

Hands are given to us so that we may perform good acts and offer the flower
of service to the Lord.

Hands that help are holier than lips that pray.

However you are, you are mine. I will never give you up. Wherever you are,
you are near me. You cannot go beyond my reach.

If God is a flower, you should feel yourself a bee that sucks its honey, if
he is tree, be a creeper that clings to it, if he is the sky, be a tiny
star that twinkles in it. Above all, be conscious of the truth that you and
He are bound by supreme love.

If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the
character.
If there is beauty in character, there will be harmony in the home.
If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation.
If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world.

If thought and activities of the mind are sound, healthy, non-violent,
filled with love and morally harmonious, then peace is near at hand.

In all the deeds that you perform, in all the individuals that you meet and
in all the thoughts that you entertain, you must see the divine and act
accordingly.

In an office if you work full time, you get full pay; if you work part
time, you get half pay. In the same manner, if you give only part of your
mind and ask for full return of the grace of God, it is asking for full pay
for half work.

In order to gain the benefit that education can confer, it must be directed
towards the cleansing of the inner instruments of thought and feeling. It
has to promote and protect the pleasure of spiritual learning.

In the garden of your heart, plant and foster the rose of divinity, the
jasmine of purity and humility, the champak of generosity.

In the medicine chest of every member of our Seva Dal, one must keep in
readiness tablets of discrimination, drops of self control, the powers of
faith, devotion and patience. Only then one can be freed of the illness of
ignorance.

In the path of Bhakthi there are no hurdles young, high or low, man or
women, all are equally entitled to tread it.

In the Sathya there is no mithya, but in the mithya (jagath) you have to
search for Sathya and experience it. You can do it, if you rid your mind of
all modifications and modulations. Let it be transformed from its present
complex confusion into some thing like the sky, which does not bear any
mark, though millions of birds fly through it and thousands of planes move
across it. Be unaffected, untouched, unattached. That is the Sadhana which
will reveal the reality.

Influence of divinity is such that while you are contemplating it all trace
of envy and greed will disappear from the mind.

Install the Lord in your heart and offer Him the fruits of your actions and
the flowers of your inner thoughts and feelings. That is the worship I like
most, the devotion I appreciate most.

Instead of indulging in vain prattle, glorify God and walk in His path and
pray to Him. Spend the allotted span of years in the contemplation and the
adoration of the Almighty, not in servile praise of the feeble, the futile
and the weak. Life is an opportunity afforded to each, not to eat and
drink, but to achieve something nobler and grandeur, to master oneself and
merge in the reality.

It is an act of merit to be of service to others, it is a sin to harm
others.

Its is more sacred and sanctifying to fill our hearts with love than to
fill our hearts with all kinds of books on spiritual matters.

It is of no use if you simply utter the name of the God and if you do not
follow the good things, it is just like uttering the name of penicillin
when you are running a high temperature.

It is only by means of purity of mind, can you come close to the Lord.

Just as sugar cane does not yield sugar juice unless it is crushed, as
sandal wood does not give the fragrant paste unless it is rubbed on the
stone, so the goodness of people does not come out unless they go through
difficulties.

Karma Yoga is the earthern lamp, Bhakthi Yoga is the oil in it, Raja Yoga
is the wick, Jnana Yoga is the light.

Karma cleanses the mind if it is done as a dedicatory act, the consequence
being left to the will of the Lord. Repentance saves even sinners from
perdition. No ceremony of expiation is as effective as sincere repentance.

Keep away from impure listening, impure acts, impure words, impure
thoughts.

Keep the name of the Lord always radiant on your tongue and mind, that will
keep the antics of the mind under control.

Knowing the way is not enough. The path must be traversed to reach the
destination. That journey is service to society.

Knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful, knowledge without
character is a powerful evil. Knowledge without action is useless; action
without knowledge is foolishness.

Learn to adopt, adjust and accomodate. Learn to give, not to take, learn to
serve, not to rule.

Less luggage, more comfort is a slogan for a journey of life; reduce
desires, loosen attachment, you will win freedom.

Let the name of the Lord come from the core of your heart. It should not
come merely from the lips. It should be chanted with love and faith.

Let your boat be on the waters, but do not allow the waters to enter the
boat. Be in the world, but not of it. That is the secret of a truly happy
life.

Life can be peaceful only when you can control excitement of your body and
mind, life is undoubtedly incomplete without thought about God.

Life is a journey from 'I' to 'WE'.

Life is enveloped in the bitter skin of lust, anger, greed, attachment and
jealousy; remove the skin and throw it away so that the sweetness can be
tasted.

Love in thought is truth.
Love in action is right conduct.
Love in understanding is peace.
Love in feeling is non-violence.

Love lives by giving and forgiving; self lives by getting and forgetting.

Love saturates all activities with joy and peace.
Love ennobles the least and the lowest.
Love yourself for the God that it embodies.
Love others for the God that is enshrined in them.

Love the Lord's creation as much as the Lord Himself. Then the tree of life
will yield the sweet fruit of Madhura Bhakthi.

Measure the height you have reached with the yard stick of virtue,
serenity, fortitude and equanimity.

Mind, word and act, all three must be filled with the belief that all is
His play, that is the genuine path.

Name of the God is the rifle which guards you against the beasts of prey in
the jungle of life. Name of God is the most effective tonic, it will keep
off all illness.

Not by wealth or progeny, neither by reading or listening but only by
sacrifice can you get the vision of the divine. Sacrifice of ego is the
highest sadhana.

Objective possessions and subjective passions are handicaps in the race of
realization.

Offer God real flower grown in the garden of your heart; fragrant,
beautiful and delighting.

Offering all the deeds of man at the feet of the Lord is the real yajna.
Every action performed by man must be considered as an offering to the Lord
and as the Lord's work itself.

Only in fear of sin can you experience peace and nonviolence. Only in love
of God can you foster truth and love. In social morality you can experience
righteousness.

Only through renunciation can immortality (oneness with God) be attained.

Peace of mind cannot be gained by wealth or fame or skill. It can be
achieved only through sacrifice.

Peace or distraction, calm or anxiety, it is the product of one's thoughts
and deeds.

Prayer alone makes life happy, harmonious and worth living in this
universe. Prayer brings man and God together and with every sigh nearer and
nearer.

Prayer is the yearning one experiences to awaken the divinity latent in the
heart. Prayer is not pronouncing of words.

Prayer reveals the real secret of life, prayer will succeed when thoughts
are pure.

Properties are not proper ties.

Pursuit of material pleasures will be like nectar at first, but like poison
at the end.

Religions are many, but the road is the same. Flowers are many, but worship
is the same, professions are many but living is the same.

Remember that God is not someone else, but one's own inner self.

Remember that if there is anything sweeter than all sweet things, more
auspicious than all auspicious things, holier than all holy objects, verily
it is the name of the Lord.

Remember there is no morality higher than truth. There is no prayer more
fruitful than seva.

Remove from the garden of your heart, the thorny bushes of greed, anger,
jealousy and selfishness.

Reverence for all life in thought, word and deed is nonviolence.

Sadhana leads to Truth
Satkarma leads to Dharma
Bhakti leads to Peace
Upasana leads to Love.

Science is below the mind, spirituality is beyond the mind.

Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.

Service is the ship by which one can cross the ocean of samsara (life)

Service to man is the highest form of worship. Do not offend or harm
anyone.

Seva (service) taken up as Sadhana (discipline) teaches Sahana (patience).

So long as man is not able to push away the clouds of selfishness, he
cannot look at the sun of wisdom.

Success or failure is your own making. You decide your destiny. The Lord
has no share in deciding it.

Suffering entitles you more to the Grace of the Lord. When suffering comes
in waves, one behind the other, be glad that the shore is near, bear them
bravely. Like cowards, do not throw the blame on some outside power or
develop dislike for the Lord.

The day when we understand that every thing belongs to God, that will be
the dawn of knowledge.

The essence of all the Puranas and Vedas is 'Do good to others and keep
away from doing harm to others'.

The good hearted man who professes no religion is the truly religious man.

There is nothing in the universe higher than God; different from God;
distinct from God.

Those who walk with God always reach their destination.

Through reading you gather information but through service you get
transformation.

Truth is the sustaining factor behind all, it is the very core and essence
of divine life.

Unless God's Grace and human effort come together the result cannot be
achieved.

Use the body as a boat to cross the ocean of life with devotion and
detachment.

Water flows from a higher level to the lower. God's Grace too flows down to
those who are bent with humility.

We do no get what we desire, we get what we deserve.

Wealth that you hoard is not yours, wealth that you have given is really
yours.

Yesterday has deceived you and gone, tomorrow is a doubtful visitor. Today
is a fast friend, hold fast to it.

You cannot always oblige but you can be obliging.

You cannot claim to be educated or grown up unless you have mastered the
science of self control and destroyed the root cause of delusion.

You must give up the luggage of your desires and wishes and thus make life
less burdensome.

You must surrender your judgement to the Lord, then Lord will assume full
responsibility.

You need offer only two things to God - pure love and selfless service.

Your life can be peaceful only when you can control your excitement of the
body and mind.

Your virtue is your shield, your vice is the weapon that inflicts wounds on
you.

Destroying pride man becomes endearing;
Destroying anger man gets rid of sorrow
Destroying desire man acquires peace;
Destroying greed man achieves happiness.

Bear in mind the three P's: Purity, Patience and Perseverance. With these
three, you are bound to acquire good health and bliss

Action with Love is Right Conduct.
Speak with Love and it becomes Truth.
Thinking with Love results in Peace.
Understanding with Love leads to non-violence

What is devotion? It is not merely offering several types of worship or
going on pilgrimage. Unalloyed and true love for love's sake alone
constitutes devotion. True devotion is the love flowing from a pure heart
unpolluted by selfish motives.

Humanness can be promoted only through spirituality and not by any other
means. Just as a seed can sprout only when it is planted in the soil and
watered, human values can grow only in a spiritual soil. If a man wants to
cultivate human values, he has to apply the manure of spirituality to his
heart, water it with love so that human values will grow

While taking food, you should not discuss dreadful incidents. No room
should be given to subjects which excite the mind. Silence should prevail
during eating. Even sound waves enter into us and affect our minds. Hence
people should avoid seeing television while taking food.

Spirituality does not mean leading a lonely ascetic life. Spirituality
means getting rid of attachment and hatred and looking upon the whole
humanity as one.

I know your name, your degrees, your profession, your status and your
history. I know your past, present and future. But you do not know me. That
is why sometimes in order to reveal who I am, I myself show my visiting
card, something which you call a miracle.

It is not enough to praise God. You have to love Him. You have to become
Love itself so that you can love the entire universe. When you become
embodiments of Love, you can love all.

To earn the Grace of the Divine, the easy way is surrendering at the Feet
of the Lord. There is so much power in the feet of the Lord which you
cannot understand. The feet form the basis for not only the physical frame
of the body, but also for spiritual and ethical purposes.

There is no greater penance than contentment for securing happiness.
There is no worse disease than insatiable desire.
There is no greater virtue than compassion.
Peace is the highest spiritual discipline.

Hold all your property and wealth in trust for the Lord, who gave them to
you. Even you and your family, you must take as a sacred trust, as persons
given to you by the Lord to love, foster and guide. Thus you must elevate
your attachment into worship and make it an instrument of spiritual
progress.

Be like the ant: When the ant gets a mixture of sand and sugar it selects
only the sugar. It neglects the sand. See only the good in others; pay no
attention to the bad.

Devotion to God does not mean merely offering worship in a shrine or taking
part in Bhajan or Sankirtan; one must recognize the form of the Divine in
the images one worships or the human beings one serves

The only hold that man has in this dreadful darkness is the name of God.
That is the raft which will take Him across this stormy sea darkened by
hate and fear, churned by anxiety and terror.

The affection between a mother and a child or between a husband and wife is
incidental to a certain temporary relationship and is not real love at all.
True Love has neither a beginning nor an end. It exists in all three
categories of time - past, present and future. That alone is true Love
which can fill man with enduring Bliss.

Discipline grows out of devotion. Devotion stems out of duty. Observe the
three D's - Discipline, Devotion and Duty. This is true spirituality. In
the performance of every duty there should be devotion. There should be
devotion and not diversion.

Fulfillment in life is not attained by physical health and strength alone.
Even when the stomach is full, the mind must get the satisfaction. Hence,
effort should be made to promote mental health also. Only when both the
mind and the body are hale and well, can one experience happiness.