“Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought ‘I’ is the first thought.”

See what helps you to keep away all other thoughts and adopt that method for your meditation.

The end of all wisdom is love, love, love.

Suffering is the way for Realization of God.

Dive deep into the chambers of your heart. Find out the real, infinite ‘I’. Rest there peacefully for ever and become identical with the Supreme Self.

Surrender is to give oneself up to the original cause of one’s being.

The enemy hates the ego, which the seeker wants to kill; thus, like the anvil to the goldsmith, he is actually a friend.

Have faith in God and in yourself; that will cure all. Hope for the best, expect the best, toil for the best and everything will come right for you in the end.

There is no Truth. There is only the truth within each moment.

He who thinks he is the doer is also the sufferer.

Actions themselves form no bondage. Bondage is only the false belief, “I am the do-er.”

Does one require proof of one’s own being? Only remain aware of yourself and all else will be known.

There is a state when words cease and silence prevails.

Unless one is happy, one cannot bestow happiness on others.

Concentration of the mind is in a way common to both Knowledge and Yoga. Yoga aims at union of the individual with the universal, the Reality. This Reality cannot be new. It must exist even now, and it does exist.

Happiness is relative and is better called pleasure or satisfaction.

You are already That which you seek.

You have to take care of yourself, your body, your mind, take care of your soul-be your own keeper.

Whatever a man depends upon, whatever rules his mind, whatever governs his affections, whatever is the chief object of his delight, is his god.

I wasn’t sure of the exact mindset you should have when you go into a Test match. So I probably became too defensive when I played my first Test match. Short balls in one-day cricket, I have never thought of just defending.

Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.

Prayer guards hearts and minds and causes God to bring peace out of chaos.

It is not your duty or responsibility to change the minds of other people. The nature of their thinking is advanced or limited by their experience. In your presence, they have an opportunity to learn about you and, perhaps, to grow.

You have to stay fresh and blank in your mind when you go out to bat. You complicate things, and you’re gone.

So change your mindset. Change how you see pain. I want you to welcome it!