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| Ramayana |
| Power must be handed over to the younger generation in time if the older generation does not want an open revolt or silent non-cooperation. Those, who are wise, understand this. |
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| Mahabharata |
| Strategy should be revealed or concealed according to situation, as a tortoise reveals or conceals its limbs. |
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| Upanishads |
| Emulate the learned and the pious in all your thoughts and deeds. |
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| Hinduism |
| Collect wood to light the fire of knowledge. |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| Thou art the Self of all, O Lord of all and the indweller of all beings. What then shall I speak unto Thee who knowest my inmost thoughts? |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to the Master of all created beings. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om panca - brahm asana - sthitayai namah.
Salutations to Her who rests on a seat formed of the five Divinities (Brahmans) - Brahma, Visnu, Rudra, Isana and Sadasiva. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
| O Kingly swan of my mind! Why do you wander in the muddy tanks of worldliness, fit only for mean creatures? Go unto the pure and perpetual lake of divine contemplation, having eternal bliss for its waters, the minds of heavenly sages for its lotus flowers, the holy men as the birds resorting to itm sins as the dirt it clenses away, and virtuous disposition as the fragrance it emits. |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
Self - manifestation. Om svayambhutaya namah
His manifest state (the Immanent) is His own will. |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| ...Thy Freedom and not a semblance of freedom, Thy Unity and not a semblance of unity. |
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