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

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

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

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.

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

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.

The magnetic needle always points to the north, and hence it is that sailing vessel does not lose her direction. So long as the heart of man is directed towards God, he cannot be lost in the ocean of worldliness.