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Faith is a belief in the unknown. Faith heals, faith creates, faith works wonders, faith moves mountains. Faith is the searchlight for God-finding.

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

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.

Life is the unfolding of the latent capacities of the soul.

The benefits of Mouna (Silence) are incalculable.

Giving is the secret of abundance.

The practice of 'asanas' and 'pranayama' wards off disease and helps to maintain alertness.

Fear is only in duality. Fear is Mind. When you are your Self, there is no fear.

Change the mind, and you can change the body.

Eradicate self-justification.
Then alone can you annihilate your ego.

You are already free. You only have to know and realize this truth.

Tolerance is a sign of growth on the spiritual path

Intuition transcends reason, but does not contradict it

The secret of life is not enjoyment but education through experience.

Beauty is essentially spiritual. The authentic beauty lies in the heart.

The mind is responsible for the feelings of pleasure and pain. Control of the mind is the highest Yoga.

Silence is the language of God; it is also the language of the heart.

You are the Master of your own Destiny

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

Be tolerant. Behold the unity of all faiths, cults, creeds and religions. Respect the views, opinions and sentiments of all.

There is some truth in everything. Views and opinions are different aspects. Do not quarrel with others.

Your sole purpose in life is to attain God-realization. All else is useless and worthless.

Never worry about what other people say or think. Do the right. Have a clear conscience and roam about happily.

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

The goal of life is god realisation.

Be for ever a student. He and he alone is an old man who feels that he has learnt enough and has need for no more knowledge.

Individual Peace paves the way for world peace. The attainment of inner calm is the greatest work you can do for humanity.

To make the mind obey you is a spiritual discipline.

You should always keep your word. All the setbacks in life come only because you don't keep your word.

Eating, drinking, sleeping
a little laughter ! much weeping!
Is that all ? Do not die here like a worm.
Wake up! Attain immortal bliss!

When you have succeeded in enshrining God within your heart, you will see Him everywhere.

Conquer your thoughts and you will conquer the world.

Live in the present, forget the past. Give up hopes of future.

Man is a bridge between the two worlds - the visible and the invisible.

Pain, sorrow, ignorance are all illusory; they cannot live. Bliss, joy, knowledge are true; they cannot die.

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

Love beautifies the giver and elevates the receiver.

The human intellect has not been able to conceive of anything more noble and sublime in the history of the world than the teachings of the Upanishads.

The secret of life is in love the love of God and the service of humanity.

An ounce of practice is worth a ton of theory!

The mind is a product of experience. It is the result of past thinking and is modified by present thinking.

The inward battle
against our mind, our wounds, and the residues of the past
is more terrible than outward battle.

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

A purified mind can grasp anything. It can dive deep into the subtlest subject and understand even transcendental things.

One can realize God through kirtan alone.