Our Quotes of the Day:

As a boy holding to a post or a pillar whirls about it with headlong speed without any fear of falling, so perform your worldly duties, fixing your hold firmly upon God, and you will be free from danger.

Life is nothing but the expansion of love.

Governments want efficient technicians, not human beings, because human beings become dangerous to governments – and to organized religions as well. That is why governments and religious organizations seek to control education.

Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift, which unites the spouses and binds them to their eventual souls, with whom they make up a sole family - a domestic church.

We must be careful that the business we build does not become mere busyness.

Marry a good woman, and be happy the rest of your life. Or, marry a bad, and become a good philosopher

Trust the divine power, and she will free the godlike elements in you and shape all into an expression of divine nature.

You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.

Abide in peace, banish cares, take no account of all that happens, and you will serve God according to his good pleasure and rest in him.

It is in the darkness that one finds the light.

It was most essential for me to have a normal life in the real world as a counterpoise to that strange inner world. My family and my profession remained the base to which I could return.

Religion, politics, society are exploiting you, and you are being conditioned by them; you are being forced in a particular direction. You are not human beings; you are mere cogs in a machine.

Father, I am seeking: I am hesitant and uncertain, but will you, O God, watch over each step of mine and guide me.

It is beneficial to walk for a while after practicing Kriya. Refresh yourself in fresh air daily.

The Hindu religion appears ... as a cathedral temple, half in ruins, noble in the mass, often fantastic in detail but always fantastic with a significance crumbling or badly outworn in places, but a cathedral temple in which service is still done to the Unseen and its real presence can be felt by those who enter with the right spirit.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

Life is to grow in knowledge, love, and perfection. Be perfect through sincere effort. Rest not until you attain that state of perfection.

Children, set aside at least half an hour in the morning and in the evening for spiritual practices. After bathing in the morning, a family should sit together and worship. Archana may be performed by chanting the 108 or 1000 Names of Devi or our chosen deity. We can also chant our mantra, meditate or sing hymns at this time.

Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.

Truth is the highest virtue, but higher still is truthful living.

No one has the capacity to judge God. We are drops in that limitless ocean of mercy.

Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.

I believe all religions pursue the same goals, that of cultivating human goodness and bringing happiness to all human beings. Though the means might appear different the ends are the same.