The difference between a great soul and an ordinary man is this: the latter weeps while leaving this body, whereas the former laughs. Death seems to him a mere play.

I can never refuse anyone who addresses me as Mother.

One must be patient like the earth. What iniquities are being perpetuated on her! Yet she quietly endures them all.

As you smell the fragrance of a flower by handing it or the smell of sandalwood by rubbing it against a stone, so you obtain spiritual awakening by constantly thinking of God.

One should not hurt others even by words. One must not speak an unpleasant truth unnecessarily.

There is no treasure equal to contentment and no virtue equal to fortitude.

In one word, one should desire of God desirelessness. For desire alone is at the root of all suffering. It is the cause of repeated births and deaths. It is the obstacle in the way of liberation.