Quotes

  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…

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.   We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.   The world is the great…

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love, Where there is injury, pardon, Where there is doubt, faith, Where there is despair, hope, Where there is darkness, light, Where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant…

Karma is like the vine that gathers strength through uninterrupted years, and which fastens its tendrils so closely that it is as strong as the structure to which it adheres. There is no way to destroy its power except by the separation of the parts, these parts renew themselves in other forms of…

Don't depend on death to liberate you from your imperfections. You are exactly the same after death as you were before. Nothing changes; you only give up the body. If you are a thief or a liar or a cheater before death, you don't become an angel merely by dying. If such were possible, then let us…