Bliss is a thing which is always there and is not something which comes and goes. That which comes and goes is a creation of the mind.

Realization consists of getting rid of the false idea that one is not realized.

No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.

To ask the mind to kill itself is like making the thief the policeman. He will go with you and pretend to catch the thief, but nothing will be gained. So you must turn inward and see where the mind rises from, and then it will cease to exist.

The mind turned inwards is the Self; turned outwards, it becomes the ego and all the world. Cotton made into various clothes we call by various names. Gold made into various ornaments, we call by various names. But all the clothes are cotton and all the ornaments gold. The one is real, the many are mere names and forms.

The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.

Call it by any name, God, Self, the Heart, or the Seat of Consciousness, it is all the same.