The really poor man is not the one who lacks money, but the one who lacks the joy of the heart.

The real guru is the pure intellect within; and the purified, deeply aspiring mind is the disciple.

The spirit of advaita is not to keep away from anything, but to keep in tune with everything

The future is carved out of the present moment. Tomorrow's harvest depends upon today's ploughing and sowing.

In all adversities there is always in its depth, a treasure of spiritual blessings secretly hidden.

Both renunciation of action and the performance of action lead to Nirvana (Liberation); but these performance of action is superior to renunciation of action. The action of today becomes the destiny of tomorrow.

But the self-controlled man, moving among objects, with his senses under restraint, and free from both attraction and repulsion, attains peace.