“The more intellectual you are, the more egoistic you are, and surrendering becomes more difficult.”

Lessen the quantity of unnecessary thoughts and allow more space for the energy of love to flow within you.

Look carefully at what is of value in others and respect that.

Love one another without any expectations. Then, there is no need to go anywhere in search of heaven.

It is man who, through his thoughts and actions, creates turmoil and disintegration in the natural, harmonious unity of the world.

Our highest, most important duty in this world is to help our fellow beings.

Loving words and deeds are the best alms.

The beauty and charm of selfless love and service should not die away from the face of this earth. The world should know that a life of dedication is possible, that a life inspired by love and service to humanity is possible.

Don’t go empty handed when going to a temple or to see a spiritual master. Offer something as a symbol of surrender, even if it be a mere flower.

Our efforts to remove hatred and indifference from the world begin by trying to remove them from our own mind.

The first step in spiritual life is to have compassion. A person who is kind and loving never needs to go searching for God. God rushes toward any heart that beats with compassion-it is God’s favorite place.

Today, our air, food, water-all are polluted. If we do not stop exploiting nature for our temporary selfish gains, we will destroy the world.

The greatest tragedy in life is not death; the greatest tragedy takes place when our talents and capabilities are underutilized and allowed to rust while we are living.

We live in a calculative world and have a calculative mind, and in such a world, ego dominates.

Children should observe a regular schedule for sleeping and waking up.

While eating, our attention should not be focused just on the taste. Imagine our chosen deity or guru is present within us and that we are feeding Him. This will turn eating into a spiritual practice.

Make a firm decision: ‘Whatever happens, I will be happy. I will be strong. God is always with me.’

Vanity, fear, desire, competition – all such distortions within our own egos – condition our vision of those in relation to us.

The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something.

I knew the risk. To me, it’s not an ego thing. I enjoy coaching. I enjoy helping people achieve something.

Sexual self-restraint is only a preliminary stage in the ego’s evolution.

The Ego is partly free. partly determined, and reaches fuller freedom by approaching the Individual who is most free: God.

The ultimate purpose of religious life is to make this evolution move in a direction far more important to the destiny of the ego than the moral health of the social fabric which forms his present environment.

Happiness is egotistical.

The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a specious one, I feel. There are only individual egos, crazy for love.