Respect is heaven, respect is liberation.

One cannot completely get rid of the six passions: lust, anger, greed, and the like. Therefore one should direct them to God. If you must have desire and greed, then you should desire love of God and be greedy to attain Him.

Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.

Longing is like the rosy dawn. After the dawn out comes the sun. Longing is followed by the vision of God.

Finish the few duties you have at hand, and then you will have peace.

We laugh at the efforts of the musk deer to find the source of the scent which comes from itself and despair at our efforts to find the peace which is our essence.

Many people think they cannot have knowledge or understanding of God without reading books. But hearing is better than reading, and seeing is better than hearing. Hearing about Benares is different from reading about it; but seeing Benares is different from either hearing or reading.