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

Spirituality automatically leads to humility. When a flower develops into a fruit, the petals drop off on its own.

God, the true Philosopher’s Stone, Who answers every prayer, Lies hidden deep within your heart.

Dwell, O mind, within yourself; Enter no other’s home. If you but seek there, you will find All you are searching for.

As long as I live, so long do I learn.

Only two kinds of people can attain self-knowledge: those who are not encumbered at all with learning,

If you spent one-tenth of the time you devoted to distractions like chasing women or making money to spiritual practice, you would be enlightened in a few years.

The sun can give heat and light to the whole world, but he cannot do so when the clouds shut out his rays. Similarly as long as egotism veils the heart, God cannot shine upon it.

When the fruit appears the blossom drops off. Love of God is the fruit, and rituals are the blossom.

More are the names of God and infinite are the forms through which He may be approached. In whatever name and form you worship Him, through them you will realise Him.

The supreme purpose and goal for human life… is to cultivate love.

The winds of grace blow all the time. All we need to do is set our sails.

When the head of a goat is severed from its body, the trunk struggles for some time, still showing signs of life.

The fish lives in the mud, but its skin is always bright and shiny.

It is true that God is even in the tiger, but we must not go and face the animal.

He is trying to find me, overcoming a great obstacle – pushing away, as it were, a huge block of stone weighing a ton. Such a man is a real hero.

One day, it was suddenly revealed to me that everything is pure spirit.

We have inherited new difficulties because we have inherited more privileges.

Difficulties give us the opportunity to prove our greatness by overcoming them.

The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues.

Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.

May justice and righteousness be the stability of our times, and order arise out of confusion. Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.

But to remain happy and contented in the face of difficulty, hardship and the onslaught of disease and sickness-this is an indication of nobility.

Remember that if they had fought against you, your difficulties would have been increased. Their neutrality itself may be a great advantage to you..

If one of these two become the cause of divorce, that one will 392 unquestionably fall into great difficulties, will become the victim of formidable calamities and experience deep remorse.