Our Quotes of the Day:

From the Eucharist comes strength to live the Christian life and zeal to share that life with others.

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

Group Meditation is a castle that protects the new spiritual aspirants as well as the veteran meditators. Meditating together increases the degree of Self-realization of each member of the group by the law of invisible vibratory exchange of group magnetism.

I am the mind, right? No, not really. How many times the mind has woken up in the morning, how many times the mind dreamt, how many times the mind slept—and you are the witness of all of them.

When we say that pleasure is the end, we do not mean the pleasure of the profligate or that which depends on physical enjoyment--as some think who do not understand our teachings, disagree with them, or give them an evil interpretation--but by pleasure we mean the state wherein the body is free from pain and the mind from anxiety.

There is absolutely no man in the whole world who can possess one among you unless he first die.

Still the bubbling mind; herein lies freedom and bliss eternal.

Scientists may study mainly matter but they cannot ignore the human mind, or consciousness: spiritual practitioners may be engaging mainly in developing the mind but they cannot completely ignore their physical needs. It is for this reason that I have always stressed the importance of combining both mental and the material approach to achieving happiness for humankind.

The goal of good health is to enable a person to acquire wisdom.

A book of mine is always a matter of fate. There is something unpredictable about the process of writing, and I cannot prescribe for myself any predetermined course

We should never use the truth to wound.

There are many doors to goodness. (Saying) 'glory to God,' 'praise be to God,' 'there is no deity but God,' enjoining good, forbidding evil, removing harm from the road, listening to the deaf (until you understand them), leading the blind, guiding one to the object of his need, hurrying with the strength of one's legs to one in sorrow who is asking for help, and supporting the weak with the strength of one's arms - all of these are (forms of) charity prescribed for you.

The body is made by the thought that lies behind it. The body politic is thus the expression of national thought.

What the Sermon describes in a graphic manner, the Bhagavadgita reduces to a scientific formula.

We should have no more use or regard for money in any of its forms than we have for dust. Those who think it is worth more, or who are greedy for it, expose themselves to the danger of being deceived by the Devil.

I don’t want anything. I exist only to serve others.

Those who do not lose their base endure.

The beginner's mind is the mind of compassion. When our mind is compassionate, it is boundless.

Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.

Even running to catch a train or a taxi, you can enjoy the high energy of the moment.

Better grounded emotionally through patience, we become stronger mentally and spiritually, and tend to be healthier physically.

Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.

In meditation we can watch the itch instead of scratching it.