Success is nearest to those whose efforts are intense and sincere.

Sloth is the great enemy -- the inspirer of cowardice, irresolution, self-pitying grief, and trivial, hairsplitting doubts. Sloth may also be a psychological cause of sickness. It is tempting to relax from our duties, take refuge in ill-health and hide under a nice warm blanket.

Sexual activity, and the thoughts and fantasies of sex, use up a great portion of our vital force. When that force is conserved through abstinence, it becomes sublimated as spiritual energy.

Progress is mediation comes swiftly for those who try their hardest.

The longest journey begins with a single step.

The Yoga of action, leading to union with the soul is fiery aspiration, spiritual reading and devotion to Ishvara.

The heart and mind can find peace and harmony by contemplating the transcendental nature of the true self as supreme effulgent life.