“Forget all the worldly knowledge that thou hast acquired and become as a child, and then will thou get the divine wisdom.”

Sugar and sand may be mixed together, but the ant rejects the sand and goes off with the sugar grain; so pious men lift the good from the bad.

The magnetic needle always points to the north, and hence it is that sailing vessel does not lose her direction.

If you want to go east, don’t go west.

Imagine a limitless expanse of water: above and below, before and behind, right and left, everywhere there is water. In that water is placed a jar filled with water.

The world is impermanent. [All things change. Knowing this helps you see the end of any difficulty and thereby have hope.]

First realise God, see Him by means of spiritual discipline. If He imparts power you can do good to others; otherwise not.

So long as the heart of man is directed towards God, he cannot be lost in the ocean of worldliness.

God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof.

The same old sins take possession of him again. He is hardly out of the waters before they fall upon him.

But it is not sufficient to bind him again into the world.

Live in the world like a waterfowl. The water clings to the bird, but the bird shakes it off. Live in the world like a mudfish.

Because of the pot the water appears to be divided into two parts; because of the pot you seem to perceive an inside and an outside.

An ocean of bliss may rain down from the heavens, but if you hold up only a thimble, that is all you receive

He whose mind dwells on God. But this is not possible as long as one has egotism and vanity.

When the divine vision is attained, all appear equal; and there remains no distinction of good and bad, or of high and low.

Make your meditation a continuous state of mind. A great worship is going on all the time, so nothing should be neglected or excluded from your constant meditative awareness.

He hates everything that wants to draw him out of his acquired and secured position and that disturbs him.

I can single handedly dispel any ideas that sexuality is acquired. Trust me, you’re born with it.