“Fame is the penalty of success. Jealousy is the penalty of fame.”

Bear insult, bear injury.

Modern civilisation is complicated and artificial. Simple folk live in a world of love and peace. Let no one hate another or harm another.

Always do good to others. Be selfless. Mentally remove everything and be free. This is divine life. This is the direct way to Moksha or salvation.

The benefits of Mouna (Silence) are incalculable.

Still the bubbling mind; herein lies freedom and bliss eternal.

Arrogance is a mixture of impertinence, disobedience, indiscipline, rudeness, harshness, and a self-assertive nature.

A wise person laughs and smiles through the eyes. The smile and laughter through the eyes influence people tremendously. No energy leaks if you smile through the eyes.

Life is short. Time is fleeting. Realize the Self. Purity of the heart is the gateway to God. Aspire. Renounce. Meditate. Be good; do good. Be kind; be compassionate. Inquire, know Thyself.

Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.

Giving is the secret of abundance.

Man needs now no more degrees, but character, No more study, but wisdom.

Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for action. Desire in the mind is the real impurity. Even a spark of desire is a very great evil.

Life is a series of awakenings.

Tolerance is a sign of growth on the spiritual path.

There is a tricycle in man. He knows, he feels and acts. He has emotion, intellect and will. He must develop head, heart and hand.

When all desires of heart die, mortal man becomes Immortal.

Where envy reigns virtue can’t exist, and generosity doesn’t go with meanness.

Foul jealousy! that turnest love divine to joyless dread, and makest the loving heart with hateful thoughts to languish and to pine.

I do not want no pretty woman. First thing you know, you fall in love with her-then you got to kill somebody about her. She’ll make you so jealous, you’ll bust!

Jealousy is a miserable feeling. It means you aspire to something that you cannot have. Even in love, it is better to leave, better not to waste time.

There’s no jealousy in the grave.

I’m not envious of Leo [Messi]or Ney [Neymar]. Why would I be? If there is envy in the dressing room, you know it’s only going to affect results.

Our Constitution is the envy of the world, as it should be for it is the grand design of the finest nation on earth.

It is very seldom that a person loves anyone they cannot in some way envy.