O h Mother, I don’t want name and fame; I don’t want the eight occult powers; Oh Mother, I have no desire for creature comforts; Please, Mother, Grant me the boon that I may have pure love For Thy lotus feet. quote 5450 | Ramakrishna share
L ife and death, joy and sorrow, gain and loss; these dualities cannot be avoided. Learn to accept what you cannot change. quote 5451 | The Ramayana share
I f faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practised, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished. quote 5452 | Vivekananda share
D o not be obsessed by egotism, imagining that you are the cause of action: everything is due to God. quote 5453 | Shirdi Sai Baba share
M erely to say ‘I want to see God’ or ‘I want to realize God’ is similar to an ant saying ‘I want to become an elephant!’ Mere words have nothing in them; the heart must thirst to seek God. quote 5454 | Meher Baba share
W hen meditation is mastered, the mind is unwavering like the flame of a lamp in a windless place. quote 5455 | The Bhagavat Gita share
N one can swim the sea of vice, but those who are united to the feet of that gracious Being who is a sea of virtue. quote 5456 | The Thirrukkural Couplet 8 share
Y ou may control a mad elephant; You may shut the mouth of the bear and the tiger; Ride the lion and play with the cobra; By alchemy you may learn your livelihood; You may wander through the universe incognito; Make vassals of the Gods; be ever youthful; You may walk in water and live in fire; But control of the mind is better and more difficult. quote 5457 | Paramhansa Yogananda share
D o not be led by others, Awaken your own mind, Amass your own experience, And decide for yourself your own path. quote 5459 | The Atharva Veda share
A lways 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. quote 5460 | Sivananda share
A spiritually illumined soul lives in the world, yet is never contaminated by it. quote 5461 | Bhaskarananda share
W e can never have any vigorous world culture by merely piling together certain isolated elements, selected from the present diversity of culture; that way, we shall only succeed in getting a patchwork of little vitality. A hodge-podge of collected ideas can never be a substitute for a direct and fresh perception of the Goal. The new world-culture will have to emerge from an integral vision of the Truth independent of existing traditions and not from the laborious process of selection and compilation of conserved values. quote 5462 | Meher Baba share
O ne should, perform karma with nonchalance Without expecting the benefits because Sooner of later one shall definitely get the fruits. quote 5463 | The Rig Veda share
T hey are forever free who renounce all selfish desires and break away from the ego-cage of I, me and mine to be united with the Lord. This is the supreme state. Attain to this, and pass from death to immortality. quote 5465 | The Bhagavat Gita share
M aking others happy, through kindness of speech and sincerity of right advice, is a sign of true greatness. To hurt another soul by sarcastic words, looks, or suggestions, is despicable. quote 5466 | Paramhansa Yogananda share
T he meaning of Karma is in the intention. The intention behind action is what matters. Those who are motivated only by desire for the fruits of action are miserable, for they are constantly anxious about the results of what they do. quote 5467 | The Bhagavat Gita share
W e are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far. quote 5468 | Vivekananda share
T hey live in wisdom who see themselves in all and all in them, who have renounced every selfish desire and sense-craving tormenting the heart. quote 5469 | The Bhagavat Gita share
L ive quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself. quote 5470 | Paramhansa Yogananda share
W hatever creature comes to you, human or otherwise, treat it with consideration. quote 5471 | Shirdi Sai Baba share
I t is true that God is even in the tiger, but we must not go and face the animal. So it is true that God dwells even in the most wicked, but it is not meet that we should associate with the wicked. quote 5472 | Ramakrishna share
I f the married life possesses love and virtue, these will be both its duty and reward. quote 5473 | The Thirrukkural Couplet 45 share