“What we need is peace of mind. We can gain that only through the control of our mind.”

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.

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

I am told the Cheney-Bush team dislikes their junta being compared to the Nazis. If they ceased behaving like Nazis, no comparison would come to mind.

I had my father’s mind, but he had his mother’s mind. Fortunately, his mother lived with us and so I early realized that intellectual abilities of the kind I shared with my father and grandmother were not sex-linked.

People who are lazy, careless, doubtful-minded or arrogant need not expect God to reveal His secret or covenant to them.

Orthodox Christianity, by playing upon the emotions of man, is able to accomplish wonders toward keeping him in order and relieving his mind. It can frighten or cajole him away from evil more effectively than could reason.

Through the ingenuousness of her age beamed an ardent mind, a mind not of the women but of the poet; she did not please, she intoxicated.

No matter what, people grow. If you chose not to grow, you’re staying in a small box with a small mindset.

What is more comforting to the terrorists around the world: the failure to pass the 9/11 legislation because we lacked a majority of the majority,’ or putting aside partisan politics to enact tough new legislation with America’s security foremost in mind?

When I first encountered the name of the city of Stockholm, I little thought that I would ever visit it, never mind end up being welcomed to it as a guest of the Swedish Academy and the Nobel Foundation.