“In the same way the pleasures of this world are very attractive in the beginning, but their consequences are terrible to contemplate and hard to endure.”

That is to say, whose minds are not over-crowded with thoughts borrowed from others; and those who, after studying all the scriptures and sciences, have come to realise that they know nothing.

The ego is like the root of a banyan tree, you think you have removed it all then one fine morning you see a sprout flourishing again.

One cannot be spiritual as long as one has shame, hatred, or fear.

Similarly, though ahamkara (egotism) is slain in the perfect man, yet enough of its vitality is left to make him carry on the functions of physical life;

You too, are now playing in this material world, infatuated with the dolls of wealth, honour, fame, etc.

Pray to Him anyway you like, He can even hear the footfall of an ant.

The physician thinks he is the master, forgetting that God is the Master. God laughs again when two brothers divide their land with a string, saying to each

What is the use of merely listening to lectures? The real thing is practice.

To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward.

One feels that way as long as this pot of ‘I’ exists. When the ‘I’ disappears, what is remains. That cannot be described in words.

There are three kinds of love; unselfish, mutual, and selfish. The unselfish love is of the highest kind; The lover only minds the welfare of the beloved and does not care for his own sufferings. .

A boat may stay in water, but water should not stay in boat. A spiritual aspirant may live in the world, but the world should not live within him.

This side is mine and that side is yours.’ He laughs and says to Himself, ‘The whole universe belongs to Me, but they say they own this portion or that portion.’it!’

When an unbaked pot is broken, the potter can use the mud to make a new one; but when a baked one is broken, he cannot do the same any longer

It is on account of the ego that one is not able to see God. In front of the door of God’s mansion lies the stump of ego.

When you meditate, go into the solitude of a forest, or a quiet corner, and enter into the chamber of your heart. And always keep your power of discrimination awake.

The argument goes that if the past has uncertain effect on the present, there is no need to dwell on the past.

And if the present has little effect on the future, present actions need not be weighed for their consequence.

If we were to do that we would increase the supply of skilled workers that our schools have been unable to create and as a consequence of that we would lower the average wage of skills and reduce the degree of income inequality in this country.

Medical researchers and military analysts forebode grim consequences.

Any onset of increased investor caution elevates risk premiums and, as a consequence, lowers asset values and promotes the liquidation of the debt that supported higher asset prices.

For an understanding that our immediate actions have long-term consequences, and for an appreciation that there are different ways of knowing and understanding situations.

Trust and confidence that have been built is not something that should be abandoned without great consideration for the potentially grave consequences to the United States.

And the least capable of understanding the consequences of actions.