Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, you will find nothing (no true religion) anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here (i.e., in one's own heart.)

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.

Respect is heaven, respect is liberation.

You should love everyone because God dwells in all beings.

Honour both spirit and form, the sentiment within as well as the symbol without.

As for me, I consider myself as a speck of the dust of the devotee's feet.

Little children play with dolls in the outer room just as they like, without any care of fear or restraint; but as soon as their mother comes in, they throw aside their dolls and run to her crying, "Mamma, mamma." You too, are now playing in this material world, infatuated with the dolls of wealth, honour, fame, etc., If however, you once see your Divine Mother, you will not afterwards find pleasure in all these. Throwing them all aside, you will run to her.

The truth is that you cannot attain God if you have even a trace of desire. Subtle is the way of dharma. If you are trying to thread a needle, you will not succeed if the thread has even a slight fiber sticking out.

A man develops a subtle power as a result of the strict observance of celibacy for twelve years. Then he can understand and grasp very subtle things which otherwise elude his intellect. Through that understanding the aspirant can have direct vision of God. That pure understanding alone enables him to realize Truth.

You must know that there are different tastes. There are also different powers of digestion... different temperaments... differences in the capacity to comprehend.

God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God.

Once a person has faith, he has achieved everything.

So long as the bee is outside the petals of the lily, and has not tasted the sweetness of its honey, it hovers around the flower emitting the buzzing sound; but when it is inside the flower, it noiselessly drinks the nectar. So long as a man quarrels and disputes about doctrines and dogmas, he has not tasted the nectar of true faith; when he has tasted it, he becomes quiet and full of peace.

When the fruit appears the blossom drops off. Love of God is the fruit, and rituals are the blossom.

Great men have the nature of a child.

As for myself, I look upon all women as my Mother. This is a very pure attitude of mind. There is no risk or danger in it. To look upon a woman as one's sister is also not bad. But the other attitudes are very difficult and dangerous. It is almost impossible to keep to the purity of the ideal.

At a certain stage in the path of devotion, the devotee finds satisfaction in God with form, and at another stage, in God without it.

The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.

Wisdom leads to unity, but ignorance to separation. So long as God seems to be outside and far away, there is ignorance. But when God is realised within, that is true knowledge.

That knowledge which purifies the mind and heart alone is true Knowledge, all else is only a negation of Knowledge.

Men bound hand and foot in the endless chain of cause & effect cannot free each other.

God has created the world in play, as it were.

The tree laden with fruits always bends low. If you wish to be great, be lowly and meek.