Quotes

Do not be proud of wealth, people, relations and friends, or youth. All these are snatched by time in the blink of an eye. Giving up this illusory world, know and attain the Supreme.   Do not look at anybody in terms of friend or foe, brother or cousin; do not fritter away your mental energies…

Vegetables contain more nutriment than an equal amount of dead flesh. This will sound a surprising and incredible statement to many people, because they have been brought up to believe that they cannot exist unless they defile themselves with flesh, and this delusion is so widely spread that it is…

 If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, "He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.”  “Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few…

Craving and desire are the cause of all unhappiness. Everything sooner or later must change, so do not become attached to anything. Instead devote...   In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.…

  Whenever dharma declines and the purpose of life is forgotten, I manifest myself on earth. I am born in every age to protect the good, to destroy evil, and to reestablish dharma.   As they approach me, so I receive them. All paths, Arjuna, lead to me.   I am the beginning, middle,…

Nothing but an imperious intellectual and moral necessity can drive into doubt a religious mind, for it is as though an earthquake shook the foundations of the soul, and the very being quivers and sways under the shock.   Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to…

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.   A good manager is best when people barely know that he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim him.…

Carefully watch your thoughts, for they become your words. Manage and watch your words, for they will become your actions. Consider and judge your actions, for they have become your habits. Acknowledge and watch your habits, for they shall become your values. Understand and embrace your values, for…

At the very heart and center of existence, pervading the whole manifestation of the divine Idea, there exists one predominant Law. This Law – insofar as it may be comprehended by humanity – decrees that the tendency to preserve harmonious equilibrium, shall always be stronger than the…

All the darkness in the world can't put out the light of one candle.   The superior man is intelligently, not blindly, faithful.   Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.   Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you…

“True Occultism or Theosophy is the ‘Great Renunciation of the self,’ unconditionally and absolutely, in thought as in action.” All the manifestations of the separative self, whether they are intensive and obvious, subtle or dormant, cloud the understanding and intelligence. At their worst,…

No individual can ultimately fail. The Divinity which descends into humanity is bound to re-gain its original state.   Let the one great aim and ideal be to lift up and universalize our affection, so that while it is as deep and intimate as though it has but one object, yet it is ready to be…