“Children, everyone should try to wake up before five in the morning. The ideal time for spiritual practices like meditation and chanting is Brahma Muhurta. During this period, sattvic qualities are predominant in nature. Moreover, the mind will be clear and body energetic.”

Purify the mind through selfless service.

Pray for a peaceful and contented mind in all circumstances.

By living in harmony with Nature one gains a healthy mind and body.

Grace is openness. By remaining open, you let go of your ego and narrow-minded views, and allow divine grace to express itself through you.

True happiness is when the love that is within us finds expression in external activities.

Love is the very foundation, beauty and fulfillment of life. If we dive deep enough into ourselves, we will find that the one thread of universal love ties all beings together. As this awareness dawns within us, peace alone will reign.

We are all beads strung together on the same thread of love.

Compassion can shoulder the suffering of the entire world without feeling the slightest bit of pain.

Spirituality, as expounded by the great saints and sages of the past, is a very broad path. It accommodates all types of belief systems. You need to satisfy everyone.

No one becomes pure and selfless overnight; it involves time and concentrated effort, coupled with tremendous patience and love.

A seed has to get buried in the soil for its real form as a plant to emerge. Only through modesty and humility can we grow. Pride and conceit will only destroy us. Live with the firm attitude, ‘I am everyone’s servant.’ Then the whole universe will bow down to us.

Our attitude should be: Whatever happens I will remain strong, courageous and happy.

Unfortunately, the only meaning that society attributes to life today is an opportunity to make money.

There are millions and millions of people who are thrown in the midst of poverty and starvation. Animals don’t die of starvation, only human beings.

When we come to know who we truly are, we will see ourselves in all people.

Look upon others as being part of yourself.

All is not lost, the unconquerable will, and study of revenge, immortal hate, and the courage never to submit or yield.

There is hook in every benefit, that sticks in his jaws that takes that benefit, and draws him whither the benefactor will.

I’m willing to meet my creator and answer every shot that I took.

Everyone is a potential murderer-in everyone there arises from time to time thewish to kill-though not the will to kill.

Be with someone who willingly runs in the storm with you, not someone who cowers away because of turbulent winds.

Don’t be shy about making a teacher of any willing party who knows what he or she is doing.

There’s too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will.

In the books I read the sinners are always more interesting than the saints, and in real life good people are dismally dull. I’ve no desire to be wicked, but I do want to be happy. A short life and a gay one for me and I’m willing to pay for my pleasure if it is necessary.