Pain is physical; suffering is mental. Beyond the mind there is no suffering. Pain is essential for the survival of the body, but none compels you to suffer. Suffering is due entirely to clinging or resisting; it is a sign of our unwillingness to move on, to flow with life.

Avidya, ignorance, is the outward state of mind; Bidya, Knowledge, is the After-effect-poise of Kriya.

No particular thought can be mind's natural state, only silence. Not the idea of silence, but silence itself. When the mind is in its natural state, it reverts to silence spontaneously after every experience, or, rather, every experience happens against the background of silence.

If one's mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful.

There is nothing to practice. To know yourself, be yourself. To be yourself, stop imagining yourself to be this or that. Just be. Let your true nature emerge. Don't disturb your mind with seeking.

Your desire for consistency itself will set you on the right path. As long as you keep going up, never mind if you come down once or twice.

Life isn't as serious as the mind makes it out to be.

There is a veil between the Supermind above and the lower Prakriti below - the veil of ingrained formations. This veil may completely withdraw or be partially withdrawn. Thus even if there is some little opening, with the contact of Light from above the lower nature will get slowly changed.

When the mind is calm, how quickly, how smoothly, how beautifully you will perceive everything.

The mind's the standard of the man.

Our rational minds can never understand what has happened, but our hearts.. if we can keep them open to God, will find their own intuitive way.

Once your mind becomes absolutely still, your intelligence transcends human limitations.

Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances.

A lamp does not flicker in a place where no wind blows; so it is with a yogi, who controls his mind, intellect and self, being absorbed in the spirit within him.

One should become the master of one's mind rather than let one's mind master him.

Intelligence comes into being when the mind, the heart and the body are really harmonious.

From time to time, to remind ourselves to relax and be peaceful, we may wish to set aside some time for a retreat, a day of mindfulness, when we can walk slowly, smile, drink tea with a friend, enjoy being together as if we are the happiest people on Earth.

The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, the wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms.

Often one is more attached to the journey than to the discovery... because the journey happens in the mind... the discovery happens in the heart.

We need sound bodies so we can develop sound minds.

Attempting to understand consciousness with your mind, is like trying to illuminate the sun with a candle.

Whenever you are alone, remind yourself that God has sent everyone else away so that there is only you and Him.

A deliberate attitude that you have to hold in your mind as one of the basic rules of yoga is to remain even-minded and cheerful.