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| Ramayana |
| True happiness is seldom the result of owning much land, huge palaces or commanding powerful armies. When a man has no sons to leave all this to, he feels unhappy. His successes appear futile to him. |
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| Mahabharata |
| He who gives shelter is like a mother. |
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| Upanishads |
| Brahma Ananda is the quiet stillness of a subterranean ocean. Worldly pleasures have the turbulence of mountain brooks. |
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| Hinduism |
| If you see no road, make one to help your fellow-men. |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| O Lord, Thou art our father; do Thou instruct us like a father. We offer our salutations to Thee. Do Thou not destroy us; do Thou protect us ever. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to Him who causes the growth of beings. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om Kanthadha - kati - paryanta - madhya - kuta - svarupinyai namah.
Salutations to Her whose middle region from the neck to the waist is represented by the central part (Kamaraja -Kuta) of the same Mantra. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
| Alas! Desiring wealth in order to provide myself with food, I wander in vain from one person to another. O all-knowing one! I am not acquainted with the way of worshipping Thee. O Lord of all beings! O destroyer of the sins of devotees! Thou shouldst save me, at least for the reason that, on account of the maturing of my previously acquired merits (as it were), Thou residest in the heart of all beings (including myself). |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
The Concealed Self. Om antarhitatmane namah
As the deluded think of the rope as snake, the egoistic think of the non-self as Self. |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| Give all you are all you have; nothing more is asked of you but also nothing less. |
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