I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives.
The soul that is attached to anything, however much good there may be in it, will not arrive at the liberty of Divine union. For whether it be a strong wire rope or a slender and delicate thread that holds the bird, it matters not, if it really holds it fast; for until the cord be broken, the bird cannot fly.
There is a bridge between time and Eternity; and this bridge is Atman, the Spirit of man. Neither day nor night crosses that bridge, nor old age, nor death nor sorrow.
Success is the result of foresight and resolution; foresight depends upon deep thinking and planning to keep your secrets to yourself.
A person whose mind is unattached to sensual pleasures, who discovers the joy of the Self, and whose mind is in union with Brahmn through meditation, enjoys eternal bliss.
To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.
