If in this hell of a world one can bring a little joy and peace even for a day into the heart of a single person, that much alone is true; this I have learnt after suffering all my life; all else is mere moonshine.

All forms are transitory, that is why all religions say, "God has no form".

What is marriage but the renunciation of unchastity? The savage does not marry. Man marries because he renounces.

The greatest truths are the simplest things in the world, simple as your own existence.

He whom the sages have been seeking in all these places is in our own hearts; the voice that you heard was right, says Vedanta, but the direction you gave to the voice was wrong.

This is the central idea of the Gita- to be calm and steadfast in all circumstances, with one's body, mind, and soul centered at His hallowed feet!

The greatest help to spiritual life is meditation. In meditation we divest ourselves of all material condition and feel our divine nature.