Knowledge without practice is useless. Practice without knowledge is dangerous.

The intelligence consists not only in the knowledge but also in the skill to apply the knowledge into practice.

Chastity, non-injury, forgiving even the greatest enemy, truth, faith in the Lord, these are all different Vrittis. Be not afraid if you are not perfect in all of these; work, they will come. He who has given up all attachment, all fear, and all anger, he whose whole soul has gone unto the Lord, he who has taken refuge in the Lord, whose heart has become purified, with whatsoever desire he comes to the Lord, He will grant that to him. Therefore worship Him through knowledge, love, or renunciation.

Self-knowledge leads to wonder, and wonder to curiosity and investigation, so that nothing interests people more than people, even if only one's own person.

By the practice of Pranayama, ignorance is dispelled and Knowledge of the Self reveals.

For those who have obtained unobstructed knowledge of Self, the world is seen merely as a bondage causing imagination.

The experience of silence alone is the real and perfect knowledge.

Even though the gopis had obeyed, they still had much doubt. How did the river part if what they were saying was not the truth? Indeed, the answer is that it was all a matter of “doership.” If your mind says, “I have done it,” you must receive the result of your action. But remember, it is crucial to understand that “doership” comes from the inside, not by saying it with the mouth. If one has the state of knowledge that all work is being done by the body and the senses, one is free from the consequences.

The consciousness of the seer, is a greater power for knowledge than the consciousness of the thinker. The perceptual power of the inner sight is greater and more direct than the perceptual power of thought.

The power of spiritual knowledge gives you centeredness, which brings out passion in work & dispassion in meditation.

Just as you filter water, have a working knowledge of Gurus.

There is a knowledge in the heart of sleep.

When the breath is tranquil, it is the state of Kumbhaka. When one sees Oneself, it is called Brahmajnana, "the Knowledge of Brahma, the ultimate Self."

We read many books, but that does not bring us knowledge. We may read all the Bibles in the world, but that will not give us religion. Theoretical religion is easy enough to get, anyone may get that. What we want is practical religion.

You are the knower of knowledge; you perceive perceiving. Come to this place, and see if any questions remain there within you.

We have to continue to learn. We have to be open. And we have to be ready to release our knowledge in order to come to a higher understanding of reality.

He who has not turned away from evil conduct, whose senses are uncontrolled, who is not tranquil, whose mind is not at rest, he can never attain this Atman even by knowledge.

Man cannot be enlightened through any organization, creed, dogma, priest or ritual, nor through any philosophical knowledge or psychological technique. He has to find it through understanding the contents of his own mind, through observation, not through intellectual analysis or introspective dissection.

For the practice of yoga and meditation, there are three important requirements: a sense of morality; mind control; knowledge or intelligence.

Pure knowledge is not imparted by another; it comes unmasked. It is the one that is listening: it is your own true nature.

Self-Knowledge is the best of all forms of knowledge; it is the highest of all sciences, because through it one attains Immortality.

Either melt by devotion the sense of separateness, or burn it by knowledge-for what is it that melts or burns? Only that which by its nature can be melted or burnt; namely the idea that something other than your Self exists. What will happen then? You come to know your Self.

As a piece of rope, when burnt, retains its form, but cannot serve to bind, so is the ego which is burnt by the fire of supreme Knowledge.