Every atom is working and resisting every thought in the mind. Everything we see and know is but the resultant of these two forces.

Chant your mantra while engaged in work. This way, the mind will be continuously focused on Him.

Inflamed by greed, incensed by hate, confused by delusion, overcome by them, obsessed by mind, a man chooses for his own affliction, for others' affliction, for the affliction of both and experiences pain and grief.

Fear is only in duality. Fear is Mind. When you are your Self, there is no fear.

Counseling has to do with intuition, with work on oneself, with the quietness of one's mind and the openness of one's heart.

There is nothing mind can do that cannot be better done in the mind's immobility and thought-free stillness. When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence.

When the breath is calm, as when you are only listening, your mind is calm. Transformation of your breath is the easiest way to calm your mind and life.

That thou art. We don’t realize how radical that statement is. It means you are nothing other than God—which means you are not the body, you are not the mind, you are not even this little person. Even more stunning, God is nothing other than you.

Most people believe the mind to be a mirror, more or less accurately reflecting the world outside them, not realizing on the contrary that the mind is itself the principal element of creation.

Only those of tranquil minds, and none else, can attain abiding joy, by realizing within their souls the Being who manifests one essence in a multiplicity of forms.

Your heart is the light of this world. Don't cover it with your mind.

Be content not with your lot in life but with being here in the flow of life. The glories of creation are in your very cells; you are made of the same mindstuff as the angels, the stars, and god himself.

The ways of the mind are ancient, but you are timeless.

Life is illuminated by right understanding, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration.

The mind is always present. You just don't see it.

Root out the violence in your life, and learn to live compassionately and mindfully. Seek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others is possible.

Happiness is self-generated. It depends on one's attitude of mind. The basis of happiness is the simple fact that the deepest reality of our own nature is ever-existing, ever-conscious, ever-new joy.

In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.

The soul has been given its own ears to hear things mind does not understand.

The man of wisdom is never of two minds; the man of benevolence never worries; the man of courage is never afraid.

A person desperately searching for love," Merlin said, "reminds me of a fish desperately searching for water.

Selfishness, the incessant craving to be recognized, it’s the mind’s way of succumbing to the ego. It’s the symptom of the person who has really not tasted the sweetness of glorifying Krishna.

An intellectual mind that is unconnected to the heart is an uncultivated mind.