“If we understand and feel that the greatest act of devotion and worship to God is not to harm any of His beings, we are loving God.”

…the more a person becomes spiritually minded or advances towards God, the more tolerant he becomes and the less differentiation he sees.

Things that are real are given and received in silence.

Live a sincere life; be natural, and be honest with yourself.

This whole universe, with all its vastness, grandeur and beauty, is nothing but sheer imagination. In spite of so many discoveries, researches and scientific knowledge, the creation remains a great unsolved riddle.

The satisfaction derived from the fleeting things of life is not lasting; and our wants remain unfulfilled. There is thus a general sense of dissatisfaction accompanied by all kinds of worries.

Only in the human form is it possible for life to attain its final goal, which is to realize the all-pervading and infinite Divinity.

I only know one yoga: ‘You Go.’

Light can penetrate any amount of darkness but no amount of darkness can penetrate light.

Worry is the product of feverish imagination working under the stimulus of desires… It is a necessary resultant of attachment to the past or to the anticipated future, and it always persists in some form or other until the mind is completely detached from everything.

When the bubble of ignorance bursts the self realizes its oneness with the indivisible Self. Words that proceed from the Source of Truth have real meaning. But when men speakthese words as their own, the words become meaningless.

I am also an artist. I have the whole world as my canvas. I paint souls.

The best way to cleanse the heart and prepare for the stilling of the mind is to lead a normal, worldly life. Living in the midst of your day-to-day duties, responsibilities, likes, dislikes, etc., will help you. All these become the very means for the purification of your heart.

Irrespective of doubts and convictions, and for the Infinite Love I bear for one and all, I continue to come as the Avatar, to be judged time and again by humanity in its ignorance, in order to help man distinguish the Real from the false.

What I want from my lovers is real, unadulterated love, and from my genuine workers I expect real work done.

The easiest and shortest way to God-realization is through the contact of a Sadguru, which means keeping the company or sahavas of such a Master, obeying him and serving him. This remedy is like a special express train which carries you straight to your destination.

To ask for a purely intellectual proof of the existence of God is like asking for the privilege of being able to see with your ears!

Beloved, all that is harsh and difficult I want for myself, and all that is gentle and sweet for thee.

Devotion to God is still a voluntary thing; hence the differences of attainment among Christians.

Can we today measure devotion to husband and children by our indifference to everything else?

The scrupulous and the just, the noble, humane, and devoted natures; the unselfish and the intelligent may begin a movement – but it passes away from them. They are not the leaders of a revolution. They are its victims.

One single act done with aridity of spirit is worth more than many done with feelings of devotion.

He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.

The words I speak, the things I do, let them be only, all for you.

Our body is a vessel of corruption; it is meant for death and for the worms, nothing more! And yet we devote ourselves to satisfying it, rather than to enriching our soul, which is so great that we can conceive nothing greater – no, nothing, nothing!