A person's intrinsic qualities of caring, loving, truthfulness and gentleness can inspire loyalty and devotion wherever he goes. Such loyalty is not only among his own people but also among those who see him for a short while alone.
Mahabharata
Was ever a tiger born of a doe?
Upanishads
Shreya and Priya are like twin sisters. Only the enlightened can distinguish between them.
Hinduism
O sons of eternity, hear thou the divine song of life. Know thyself.
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.
Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram
Salutations to Him who reduces everything to its source at the time of dissolution.
Sri Lalita Sahasranama
Om nava - vidruma - bimba - sri nyakkari - radana - cchadayai namah. Salutations to Her whose lips outshine the redness of fresh coral and bimba fruit.
Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya
O Supreme One! This elephant of the mind, huge and ruttish, goes about everywhere with forbidding movements. Having seized it tactfully with the rope of devotion, tie it firmely to the post of Thy undecaying state.
Siva Sahasranama Stotram
Par Excellent. Om pravaraya namah O the Lord of lords! may I be imbued with Your excellence.
Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry)
We aspire for a perfect faithfulness which would make us worthy of it.
