The worthy person is grateful and mindful of benefits done to him. This gratitude, this mindfulness, is congenial to the best people.
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.
He who trusts in God and makes an honest living to share with others and injures no one, nor harbours ill will against another need perform no other rituals.
The jiva or living being is endowed with ego and his knowledge is limited, whereas Ishwar is without ego and is omniscient.
Now you worship His Form, you repeat His name; ignoring His orders. Without practicing the discipline laid down by Rama to purify the mind, all else is mere show, empty rituals.
Happiness comes from the soul’s satisfaction, not from the vital’s or body’s satisfaction.
I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind.
