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| Ramayana |
| The general must know the weak links in his army and weed them out ruthlessly. He should know that the enemy is also searching for these weak links and will try to break him through them. |
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| Mahabharata |
| Pretended devotion does not win God. |
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| Upanishads |
| Rise, O Learned One, and walk confidently on life's razor-edge. |
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| Hinduism |
| Offer your food to the Great Omnipresent before eating. |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| I consider even the lowest-born man, who has dedicated his thoughts, words, efforts, riches and life to the Lord, to be worthier than the Brahmin - the highest-born-who, though possessing the above mentioned twleve qualities, is disinclined to worship the lotus feet of the Lord; for the former sanctifies his race, but not so the latter who is puffed up with immense conciet. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to Him who is the protector of all created beings. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om akulayai namah.
Salutations to Her who is also the Akula (Siva) who is in the thousand-petalled lotus above the Kula Path. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
| When shall I behold Thee, three-eyed and blue-throated, sitting on the hump of Thy huge and spirited bull, with the battle axe and deer in Thy two hands and Uma holding thy body in embrace, while the celestial attendants play about, the divinities like Brahma sing hymns if praise and the ascetics cry "Hail"? |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
The Ultra - Austerity.
Om paramaya tapase namah. |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| Lord, we are upon earth to accomplish Thy work of transformation. It is our sole will, our sole preoccupation. |
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