God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.

Man suffers through lack of faith in God.

The ego is like the root of a banyan tree, you think you have removed it all then one fine morning you see a sprout flourishing again.

If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them.

The world is impermanent. [All things change. Knowing this helps you see the end of any difficulty and thereby have hope.]

The goal of life is not the earning of money, but the service of God.p.114

The rishis of old attained the Knowledge of Brahman. One cannot have this so long as there is the slightest trace of worldliness. How hard the rishis laboured ! Early in the morning they would go away from the hermitage, and would spend the whole day in solitude, meditating on Brahman. At night they would return to the hermitage and eat a little fruit or roots. They kept their mind aloof from the objects of sight, hearing, touch, and other things of a worldly nature. Only thus did they realize Brahman as their own inner conciousness.