“Surrender and living in the present are one and the same.”

Too much reasoning has spoiled the contemporary mind. People have lost their hearts and faith.

Don’t be discouraged by your incapacity to dispel darkness from the world. Light your little candle and step forward.

Intellectual prowess has its limitations. Thus, do not limit the scope of your learning to the realm of the intellect.

Each and every living being in nature is part of God’s body.

What the world needs are servants, not leaders. Everyone’s wish is to become a leader, Let us become a real servant instead.

When people live in accordance with Nature, the song of life becomes sweet.

If we are not able to fix the Lord firmly in our hearts, even a lifetime of temple-going does not do us any good.

Love is our true essence. Love has no limitations of caste, religion, race, or nationality. We are all beads strung together on the same thread of love. To awaken this unity-and to spread to others the love that is our inherent nature-is the true goal of human life.

Just as the right hand comes to dress the wound on the left hand, we should see another person’s sorrows as our own and come to his or her aid.

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.

But helpless Pieces of the Game He plays Upon this Checker-board of Nights and Days; Hither and thither moves, and checks, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays.

A female salmon lays three thousand eggs a year – and has yet to receive a Mother’s Day card from one of them.

The rich rob the poor and the poor rob one another.

When one door closes, another opens.’ Yet, in-between lies a wait persuasive enough to make many go through windows.

Wherever you go, east, west, north or south, think of it as a journey into yourself! The one who travels into itself travels the world.

You who have read the history of nations, from Moses down to our last election, where have you ever seen one class looking after the interests of another?

One of the necessary accompaniments of capitalism in a democracy is political corruption.

A grandparent is the only baby-sitter who doesn’t charge more after midnight – or anything before midnight.