Desire is a bonfire that burns with greater fury, asking for more fuel.

When the yearning for living ends, there can be no more birth.

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

Only thoughts of God and intense love for Him bring peace.

Your true nature is purity, peace and joy.

Some say knowledge is power, but that is not true. Character is power.

If there is hatred in your vision, you will see hatred everywhere. Hence, change your vision to start with.

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

Silence is the only language of the realized. Practice moderation in speech.

You can remain in the world for any number of years, but don't let the world take hold. Don't let the world take hold of the inside world. There is the example of the lotus. It stays deep down in the mud. It comes up to the light, and it can't stay without water because it would die. But it does not get mixed up either with the mud or the water. You have seen the lotus; even if the water comes it just goes off again. Now, when they talk of God, they always say 'the lotus eyes, the lotus feet' because of this inner significance.

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

The narrow-minded who undertake any work will never be satisfied. They cannot understand the actions of those who are large-hearted and broad-minded.

Never believe that body is permanent. Body is like a water bubble. Mind is like a mad monkey.

The greatest formula that can liberate, cleanse and elevate the mind is Rama-Name, the Name of Rama.

No one wants to take from me what I give abundantly.

Duty is God; Work is worship.

You are always your own best guru, your own best teacher, the answers are always inside you.

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

What do we lose by another's good fortune? Let us celebrate with them, or strive to emulate them. That should be our desire and determination.

Love is a bridge over the sea of change. Do not build a house on it.

Adore God, abhor sin.

Duty without love is deplorable.

I have come not to disturb or destroy any faith, but to confirm each in his own faith - so that the Christian becomes a better Christian, the Muslim, a better Muslim, and the Hindu, a better Hindu.