Those who are ignorant of the supreme purpose of life will never be able to attain nirvana (liberation) in spite of their observance of the vratas (vows) and niyamas (rules) of religious conduct and practice of shila (celibacy) and tapas (penance).
In thinking, “This is I” and “That is mine”, he binds himself with his self, as does a bird with a snare.
Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.
I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
One who is able to withdraw his senses from sense objects, as the tortoise draws his limbs within the shell, is to be understood as truly situated in knowledge.
