It is on account of the ego that one is not able to see God. In front of the door of God's mansion lies the stump of ego. One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump.

If you spent one-tenth of the time you devoted to distractions like chasing women or making money to spiritual practice, you would be enlightened in a few years.

You speak of doing good to the world. Is the world such a small thing? And who are you, pray, to do good to the world? First realise God, see Him by means of spiritual discipline. If He imparts power you can do good to others; otherwise not.

Respect is heaven, respect is liberation.

As the snake is separate from its slough, even so is the Spirit separate from the body.

Work, apart from devotion or love of God, is helpless and cannot stand alone.

As for me, I consider myself as a speck of the dust of the devotee's feet.