The calmer we are and the less disturbed our nerves, the more shall we love ad the better will our work.
The mistake is that we want to tie the whole world down to our own plane of thought and to make out mind the measure of the whole universe.
The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them.
The varieties of religious belief are an advantage, since all faiths are good, so far as they encourage us to lead a religious life. The more sects there are, the more opportunities there are for making a successful appeal to the divine instinct in all of us.
The Vedanta recognizes no sin it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the Vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that.
The will is not free - it is a phenomenon bound by cause and effect - but there is something behind the will which is free.
This life is short, the vanities of the world are transient, but they alone live who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.
Throw away all weakness. Tell your body that it is strong. Tell your mind that it is strong and have unbound faith and hope in yourself.
We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.
Whatever you believe, that you will be, If you believe yourselves to be ages, ages you will be tomorrow. There is nothing to obstruct you.
When an idea exclusively occupies the mind, it is transformed into an actual physical or mental state.
When you are doing any work.. do it as worship, as the highest worship, and devote your whole life to it for the time being.
You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.
And if you were lucky enough to find someone who loved you, then you must protect it. - Diana, Princess of Wales