The vanities of all others may gradually die out, but the vanity of a saint regarding his sainthood is hard indeed to wear away.

The fabled musk deer searches the world over for the source of the scent which comes from itself.

If you first fortify yourself with the true knowledge of the Universal Self, and then live in the midst of wealth and worldliness, surely they will in no way affect you.

Make your meditation a continuous state of mind. A great worship is going on all the time, so nothing should be neglected or excluded from your constant meditative awareness.

One cannot attain divine knowledge till one gets rid of pride. Water does not stay on the top of a mound; but into low land it flows in torrents from all sides.

Common men talk bagfuls of religion but do not practise even a grain of it. The wise man speaks a little, even though his whole life is religion expressed in action.

When the divine vision is attained, all appear equal; and there remains no distinction of good and bad, or of high and low.