“You are all searching for the silence of the mountain. But you’re looking for something outside. This silence is accessible to you right now, inside the center of your own being.”

The fact is that you are not the body. The Self does not move but the world moves in it. You are only what you are.

If you observe awareness steadily, this awareness itself becomes the Guru that will reveal the Truth.

Take no notice of the ego and its activities, but see only the light behind.

Let what comes come, let what goes go.

When we turn the mind inwards, God manifests as the inner consciousness.

This perception of division between the seer and the object that is seen, is situated in the mind. For those remaining in the heart, the seer becomes one with the sight.

What message is needed when heart speaks to heart?

If there is anything besides the Self there is reason to fear? Who sees the second? First, the ego arises and sees objects as external. If the ego does not rise, the Self alone exists and there is no second.

Existence of Isvara follows our conception of Isvara. Let us first know whose concept He is. The concept will be only according to the one who conceives. Find out who you are and the other problem will solve itself.

Self-inquiry is the process and the goal also. ‘I am’ is the goal and the final reality. To hold to it with effort is self-inquiry. When spontaneous and natural it is realization.

He that sees the Lord in the temple, the living body, by seeking Him within, can alone see Him, the Infinite, in the temple of the universe, having become the Endless Eye.

When one makes the mind stick to one thought, the mind becomes rock-steady and the energy is conserved.

A higher power is leading you; be led by the same. It knows what to do and how to do it.

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

He whose pure mind turns inward and searches whence does this ‘I’ arise, knows the Self and merges in You, the Lord, as a river into the sea.

Our identification with the mind and body is the chief reason for our failure to know our self as we truly are.

A person who acquires English has access to all the things that that language makes possible.

Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

From better access to American markets for our beef and lamb farmers, to cutting tariffs on dairy products like cheese, which are up to 17 per cent, there are significant opportunities for UK farming.

Everyone needs to have access both to grandparents and grandchildren in order to be a full human being.

I don’t try to sensationalize anybody. I’m not trying to entertain. I’m trying to give information and give access to me and tell about our program.

I’d rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate.

There is moderation even in excess.

There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.