QUOTATIONS

Valued QUOTATIONS

• A friend is one who knows my faults and failings, my weaknesses and imperfections, my limitations and lapses — and yet loves me.
• A man is known by his achievements. All else is a rehearsal.
• A man is wealthy in the measure in which his wants and desires decrease.
• A person may be the worst sinner or the worst criminal: yet he carries the divine spark within himself.
• A person who is jealous has not yet learnt to love.
• A positive attitude cannot the taught, it must be caught. Therefore, be careful of the company you keep.
• A sense of humour can lift your spirits; put a twinkle in your eyes and a smile on your lips.
• A single touch of love can convert a savage into a civilised man.
• A smile is infectious. It is mirrored in the face of the one you smile at. Therefore, wherever you go, keep on smiling.
• A true friend is a giver. He gives and gives and is never tired of giving.
• A true friend is not a flatterer. He will tell you the truth even at the cost of incurring your displeasure.
• Accept every incident and accident as God’s prasadam to you. Rejoice in whatever His Will brings to you. Let this be the mantra of your life: “Yes, father, yes and always yes.”
• Alas, how few of us realize the value of human life! How many of us fritter away this precious gift in trivial pursuits!
• All passion is darkness. The true light is love.
• All that has happened, all that is happening and is yet to happen — all, all is for the best!
• All that you see around you will one day perish. Everything carries within it a seed of decay.
• Always be positive in your outlook upon life and expect the best.
• An archer shoots to kill. But more dangerous is the man with a forked tongue. Every time he opens his lips, he sends forth shafts which strike and sting.
• Animals are happier than human beings because they are totally unaware of what is being spoken about them.
• Appreciate other people and you will be helping them to improve. Appreciation is the true alchemy of life.
• Attachment is the root of sorrow. No one belongs to you: you belong to the Lord. Therein lies the secret of the art of living.
• Be a good listener. Therefore, listen not only with the hearts, but also with the heart.
• Be a master, not a slave. Be a master over circumstances, passions, desires and animal appetites. Therefore, learn self-control.
• Be ever patient and you will win!
• Be kind to everyone. Who knows the next person you meet may have a broken heart.
• Be not idle! Do the best of which you are capable. Then accept whatever happens! That is the way to peace!
• Begin and end your day with positive thoughts. Reading or hearing anything positive is an investment in success!
• Begin the day right! Wake up each morning, full of hope and expectation.
• Bless me, Lord, that I may hurt no one by my thoughtless words or selfish deeds. And may I never be indifferent to those that are around me and their needs!
• Books, doctrines, philosophies, intellectual interpretations will not make us new. What is needed is a new heart. And the heart becomes new through the practice of simple truths in a spirit of faith and love.
• Breathing is with you 24 hours of the day. You are never without it. It is your best friend. Use it to harness the power of concentration.
• Bring your desires to a minimum. For desires are the root causes of suffering.
• Budget you time. The truly successful man fits 26 hours into a day of 24, cutting down waste.
• By responding to a blow with a blessing, we open the channel so that the grace of God can flow into us.
• Change your karma and you will change the conditions in which you live. And you can change your karma by adopting a new pattern of thinking.
• Character and success rarely go together. And character is always the better of the two.
• Children are you richest treasure. Take care of them!
• Come what may; never lose your patience, your courage and your faith!
• Conditions may be very adverse. But you must continue to expect good things. It is an inviolable law of life, that when you expect good, good will comes to you.
• Connect to God as often as you can. Reserve just one minute for God, once every hour.
• Control your desires: do not let desires control you.
• Debates and discussions cannot prove the truth of live. Only experience can.
• Detachment does not mean lack of will-to-live. It does not mean negativism. Detachment means being more objective, more balanced.
• Difficulties, disappointments melt away before a man who has a cheerful disposition. “Which is the most important of the five senses?” I was asked. “None of them,” I replied, “But the sixth one, the sense of humour.”
• Do as much good as you can, to as many as you can, in as many ways as you can. And as long as you can.
• Do it — don’t merely speak of doing it!
• Do not allow yourself to be ruled or defeated by those things of which you should always be master.
• Do not expect perfection of your spouse. Marriage involves the coming together of two imperfect beings.
• Do not judge people by their appearances. Look deep into their hearts.
• Do not love yourself and you will begin to love God! Do not be self-centred, and you will be loved by all!
• Do not seek the ‘pleasant’, do not shun the ‘unpleasant’. But rejoice in everything that happens.
• Do not work for wages, work for the love of God. Work then becomes a source of joy and delight.
• Do take heed that you never commit the sin of harbouring an uncharitable thought against a brother or of slandering anyone behind his back!
• Do that which you feel is right and true. Nothing in life brings about failure more surely than lack of integrity.
• Do you want to live a healthy life? Give and forgive!
• Don’t let anyone else drive you. Be your own master.
• Don’t take your spouse for granted.
• Empty your mind of all negative thoughts and fill it with fresh, invigorating positive thoughts. Let not a day pass without having given a good shampoo to your mind.
• Enthusiasm is like the electric current that keeps the engine of success constantly in motion. Enthusiasm is the greatest asset you can possess — for it can take you further than money, power or influence.
• Enthusiasm is the greatest asset you can possess — for it can take you further than money, power or influence.
• Even as a drowning man pants for breath, even so if you long for God, you shall have Him.
• Even as God is perfect, so even we must aspire after perfection.
• Even as you cannot hear with the eyes nor see with the ears, even so you cannot understand or comprehend God with the senses and the mind.
• Every breath is valuable. Let us spend it on worthwhile pursuits.
• Every morning, as we wake up, we must ask ourselves this question: What can I do to help? What can I do to make a difference? For indeed, each one of us can make a difference.
• Every problem is a challenge: Do not seek to run away from it. Face it with courage and faith and walk like a man.
• Every thought I think, every word I utter, every deed I perform, every emotion that arises within me, every feeling, fancy, wish that awakens within me, are seeds I am sowing in the field of life. And every seed must yield its fruit.
• Every thought is a seed you are sowing in the field of life: and what you sow today, you will have to reap tomorrow.
• Every time a man becomes angry he adds to the pollution around him.
• Every time that I feel irritated, every time that I feel annoyed, I may not show it, but I am spending so much of my emotional energy in vain. Refuse to be an emotional spendthrift!
• Every time you are irritated, you are burning up precious emotional energy, which can be used constructively.
• Everyone of you is a child of a king, the King of kings. Everyone of you is a child of God. And there are things which a prince must never do!
• Everyone wants to serve God, though most of us wish to serve Him in an advisory capacity. Let me serve Him by accepting His Will.
• Everyone wishes to be loved. Only a blessed few wish to love.
• Expect the best and be prepared for the worst. You will never be disappointed.
• Faith and impossible — the two words can never go together.
• Faith giveth courage. The man of courage will never give up.
• Faith is the light that always lights your path, no matter how dark the world may be around you.
• Fear is a child of unfaith. The man who believes in God is released from the bondage of fear.
• Fear nothing! Fear only to do wrong!
• Fill your heart with love — love of God, fellowmen, birds and animals, nature and yourself.
• Fix a goal and each day strive your best to attain it.
• Fix a goal and keep an unwavering focus on it all the time!
• For every blow you receive, give a blessing in return!
• For successful marriage the spouses should do their very best to avoid the next quarrel. Both should not lose their temper at the same time.
• Freedom does not consist in doing what you like to do. Freedom is the ability to do what you ought to do.
• Friends may forsake and relatives may retaliate. But there is One who always loves. He is God! Build your life in the love of God!
• Get up in the morning with a smile on your face and the words, “Good morning, Lord!” on your lips. This will colour your entire day.
• Give love to all, and forgive the wrongs done to you. Give love to all, seeking no revenge for offences and insults.
• Give love to all. Don’t care what they do to you. You will have peace in your soul in the measure in which love flows out of you to others. Is not peace the richest treasure of life?
• Give more items, more attention and more selfless love to your children. They are the hope of the future.
• Go about your work quietly, calmly, with peace and poise in the heart within. Avoid haste! For haste is the mother of anger, even as hatred is its father.
• God does not care for the form, the shape, the vocabulary of our prayer. It is the feeling that counts.
• God invites us to hand our problems over to Him. Do you have a better option than the best?
• God is always with everyone, but everyone is not always with God.
• God is so great that the heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Him and yet God is so small that He can be contained in my tiny heart.
• God is the Rock of the Ages. If only we build on Him, there is no uncertainty.
• God is with us — and we shall lack nothing. God is with us — and nothing is impossible. God is with us — and death cannot touch us.
• God is! God is watching us! God is watching over us!
• Great and noble minds are not affected by little happenings.
• Has someone offended you? Has someone insulted you? Remember, insults and unjust criticisms are like bad coins. You cannot avoid getting them, but you can always refuse to accept them.
• Hatred is a fire that keeps on burning within you. It burns away your peace and happiness.
• Hatred is a fire which keeps burning within the heart: it burns away all your happiness.
• He lives well who laughs often, loves much and sacrifices his own happiness for others.
• He who is afraid to ask will learn nothing.
• He whose heart is a flowing fountain of love will be greeted with love wherever he goes. He who is harmless will be harmed by none.
• Here on earth we are judged by the number of people who are at our beck and call, ever ready to serve us. In the Kingdom of God, we will be judged by the number of people we have served.
• His strength is as the strength of seven, because he believes! Believe and achieve — this is the great law of success!
• How blessed is the man who longs for the Lord!
• How can we love God and not love these children? Every creature that breathes the breath of life is a child of God.
• How true it is that God is the controller of the destinies of individuals and nations. How then, can anything go wrong?
• How you die is quite important. But, by far more important is how you live!
• I am a child of God. I will refrain from doing wrong things. I will never stoop low. I will stand up to my royal dignity. I will never compromise with ideals.
• I can’t get back yesterday and I am not sure of tomorrow. But today is mine, to make it into whatever I want it to be.
• I can’t get back yesterday and I’m not sure of tomorrow. But today is mine, to make it into whatever I want it to be.
• Identify yourself with those whom you serve. They are not apart from you: they are a part of you.
• If a man is happy and light-hearted, cheerful and contented, positive and uncomplaining, disease will not draw close to him and, even if it does, it will not stay with him for long.
• If a mirror is greased you cannot see your face in it. To see God, you need to purify the mirror of your heart.
• If a true friend finds you moving on the path of evil, he will do all he can to set your feet on the path of righteousness.
• If fear knocks on the door of your heart, send faith to open it and you will be free from distress.
• If I go out and serve someone and in return he speaks ill of me, and I rejoice — that  is the service which is acceptable to the Lord.
• If I have made one human being happier, one creature more comfortable, one heart more hopeful, my day has not been wasted!
• If it is to be done, why should it not be done by you? And why should it not be done now?
• If only we learn to believe in God, trust in Him completely, cooperate with His Will, we would be supremely happy.
• If only we trust in the Lord, we will lack nothing!
• If there is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can read, it is the language of love.
• If there is one thing that can never grow old, it is true love!
• If we cultivate a spirit of gratitude and humility for the great blessing that life is — our joys will multiply, and our sorrows will be reduced to nothing.
• If we wait for more opportune moments, we might have to wait till eternity.
• If we would move on the path of love, we must learn not to see any faults in others. In truth, the faults we see in others are reflections of our own faults.
• If you are hurt by little things, yours is still a petty mind.
• If you are on the right track, keep moving. If you stop, you may be run over.
• If you are with me, Lord, who can be against me?
• If you build your life according to the law of love, you will never be wrong.
• If you have wronged a person, do not waste time in making amends. Have you hurt someone? Have you spread scandals against him? Have you exploited him for selfish purposes? Then waste no time in setting right what has gone wrong.
• If you react to hatred with hatred, hatred will continue to grow. Hatred will cease only with the weapons of love, humility, forgiveness and forbearance.
• If you speak when you are angry, you will make a speech you will regret later.
• If you think of all the things you have to do, you will never be able to do anything. Do one thing at a time.
• If you want to grow in happiness you must have love in your hearts. It is love that makes a person happy.
• If you were given a rupee for every sweet, loving word you spoke and were asked to pay half the amount for every harsh, unkind word you uttered, what would be your net earnings for the day?
• If you wish to know God and understand Him, you must love Him more and more! The more you love Him, the more you will know Him.
• If you wish to love people never judge them.
• If your neighbour has a dozen vices and a single virtue, admire him for the virtue! If he has a dozen virtues and a single vice, forget his one failure!
• In everything that you do, pour the best that is in you. Therefore work not for wages, work for love.
• In prayer, let us ask for less, thank more! Thank the Lord for His mercies which endure from everlasting to everlasting!
• In the measure in which we face failures in the right spirit, in that measure the tremendous power that lies locked up within us is unfolded.
• In this world of shadows, about what are we quarrelling?
• In this world of transience, there is nothing so important as to cause us anxiety.
• In your happy moments — glorify God! In difficult moments — pray to God! In your quiet moments — spend time with God! In your painful moments — praise God! Every moment — draw close to God!
• Instead of going over many wrongs that may have happened to us in the past, let us forget them all and live in the present.
• Is it true? Is it Pleasants? Is it useful? These are the three questions we must ask ourselves before we speak a word.
• It is a great fallacy to think that we enjoy pleasures. In truth it is pleasures that enjoy us. For, while pleasure always remains young and vital, it is we who keep growing old and get consumed in the fire of pleasure.
• It is courage that comes to the rescue of man in all types of danger.
• It is courage that comes to the rescue of man in all types of danger.
• It is good to know many things, but it is always better to make good use of whatever little we know.
• It is never too late to turn back to God. What is needed is sincerity, cooperation of the mind and an intensity of faith.
• It is not for us to set the world right. It is for us to set ourselves right and, through our example, let God influence those around us.
• It is not individuals or situations that cause anger. The root cause is one’s own reaction or response to individuals and situations that determines whether we will be angry or otherwise.
• It is not wandering outside, but going within that gives you happiness. We need only to turn within.
• It is not words that can change the hearts of others. What can bring about transformation is the impact of life. Even as light kindles light, life — not words — has the power to change.
• It is only the strong who can forgive. There is not an injury which cannot be pardoned. There is not a wrong which cannot be forgiven. How much can you forgive?
• It is only when a person bears failures with faith and courage that he gives the best proof of character that anyone can give. Always think of failures as stepping-stones to success, not stopping stones.
• It is the healing touch that can take away the misery of human existence.
• Joy increases when it is shared.
• Keep on forgiving until it hurts! At least forgive as many times as you would wish to be forgiven by God.
• Keep yourself active all the time. The best and the noblest of actions is to bring comfort to the comfortless.
• Kindness is the balm that softens and smoothens the rough patches of life.
• Knowledge talks, wisdom listens.
• Let go of everything. Let God take charge of all your affairs! If only you can do this, you will find miracles happen in your daily life.
• Let go, let go, let God!
• Let me give to the world the best of which I am capable, and the best will return to me!
• Let me live one day at a time with the faith the God is with me in all my sorrows. I am not alone.
• Let me rejoice in the success of others even as I would in my own!
• Let our constant prayer be: The joy of God fills me. The presence of God surrounds me. The inspiration of God uplifts me. The wisdom of God guides me. The strength of God upholds me. I feel safe, secure in all conditions and circumstances of life.
• Let us forgive one another while there is yet time: for the day cometh when the opportunity to forgive will be taken away from us.
• Let us never forget that the secret of the care-free life is: Walk with God today, and trust Him for the morrow.
• Let your life speak of the religion you follow. So let yours be a life of simplicity and sympathy, of humility and love, of service, self-effacement and sacrifice.
• Life becomes sweet in the measure in which we understand others.
• Life has so many hidden woes that we never know when we are touching a tender spot. Therefore, let us be gentle, sweet, kind to all!
• Life is a duty: dare it! Life is a burden: bear it! Life is a treasure: share it!
• Life is a school and experience is our teacher. But the fees we have to pay are quite high.
• Life is an adventure in friendship. Every person we meet — let us make him a friend. There are no strangers: there are only friends-in-the-making.
• Life is full of joy to the man who thinks positively, speaks positively and acts positively.
• Life on earth is like a journey through a dark and dense forest. The company of good people is like a lamp that will light your way across this forest so that you may reach your destination safely.
• Life without love is death. Death with love is eternal life!
• Listen more: talk less. And when you speak, let your speech be gentle, sweet and loving.
• Look for good qualities in others and appreciate them. When you appreciate others, you draw out the best that is in them.
• Losses may destroy a man’s business but may build his character.
• Love and fault-finding never go together. The more you love, the less you judge.
• Love does not seek to dominate: it only seeks to surrender.
• Love is a telescope: hatred is a microscope.
• Love is fragile: handle it with care!
• Love is like perfume: we cannot sprinkle it on others without getting some of it on ourselves.
• Love is not an attribute – a quality — of God. God is love.
• Love is strong: It can vanquish the mightiest of men.
• Love is stronger than hate, and compassion is mightier than cruelty.
• Love is the great liberator. Love does not wish to imprison the person it loves.
• Man is born of the flesh. He needs to be born of the Spirit.
• Man is essentially a soul. The noblest work is to realise that you are not the body that you wear, but an immortal Spirit. Cultivate the soul!
• Man is meant to be a master of his passions, not to be mastered by them. Alas, many of us are slaves to our desires, cravings and animal appetites.
• Man without self-control is no better than a beast.
• Man’s extremity is God’s opportunity. If you have a difficult problem — of health, personal relationship, finance, etc., hand it over to God. In God is the solution to every problem.
• Man’s word must be like God’s word. For wherever there is truth, there is God!
• Many of us carry on our hearts, heavy loads of guilt which rob us of our peace of mind, and perhaps of our sleep at night. Forgive yourself and immediately change your life.
• Many of us see only the black dots in our life; we do not see the vast white spaces surrounding the black dots.
• Marriage is as necessary an institution to society as traffic-laws are to driving. Without laws, we find ourselves in a mess.
• More precious than gold and silver, greater than the greatest wealth, is the mind. Use it in the right way!
• Never do anything which you would not wish to do during the last hour of your life.
• Never give up! Persistence is the law of success.
• Never put off till tomorrow, the benevolent deed you can do today. Never put off till later, if you can do it right away.
• Never think or talk negatively. And do not anticipate troubles which may never come at all.
• No one can hurt you. No one can do you harm. So be your own friend. Therefore, take care of your thoughts, attitudes and habits.
• No one can make you hate him without your consent. It was George Washington Carver who said: “I will never degrade my soul by hating others.”
• No price is too heavy to receive entry into the new life — a life of love and joy and peace. We must be willing to make any sacrifice for it.
• Nothing belongs to us. Everything is given us for use. Therefore let us use it wisely and well.
• Nothing lasts forever. The present moment — of joy or sorrow — will soon pass away!
• Nothing outside of us can give us happiness, for happiness is within us. Therefore turn within. When this realization dawns on man, he will be established on the path to happiness.
• Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve success. The obstacles on his way only strengthen his powers of resolve.
• Lord! Thou hast granted me the gift of life — and many other gifts! Give me an understanding heart!
• Lord, grant that I may live and move and have my being in Thee.
• Man, be not proud of your possessions and power. They are as fickle as the shifting sands of the desert.
• One of the richest treasures of life is a child-like heart — a heart that wonders and loves.
• One rule of success is — always be in time and, if possible, a little early.
• Open thine heart and let love enter in — and all the things in the universe will gravitate to thee. For love is the power that pulls!
• Our character is what we do when we know that we are not being watched.
• Our forgiveness must be total and complete. When you forgive, make sure that you forget.
• Our minds should be clean and uncluttered. It is only then that we can hope to be happy.
• Our one true friend is God who has been our comrade through the entire endless adventure of existence.
• People who are free from jealousy, envy, greed, are more healthy than people who lead selfish, unhappy lives.
• Permit your friends to be themselves. Accept them as they are. Accept each one’s imperfections.
• Possessions and acquisitions may seem marvelous — but after a while, you do not own them — they own you. Therefore, be simple.
• Prayer is a great bulwark against worry.
• Problems are wonderful presents that are thrown at us by Providence. Only, we fail to recognise the gift because it comes wrapped up in a soiled package.
• Remember that the seeds of humanity are its children! Invest in them! Take care of them! For they can regenerate humanity.
• Sadness is not due to what happens to us. It is due to what happens within us.
• See the good in everyone. Be blind to the faults of others.
• Selfless service is the bridge that will take you from the life of the world to the life of the spirit.
• Serve others — for life is too short. So let us be quick to love and prompt to serve.
• Simple living and high thinking lead to fulfillment and freedom.
• Stop complaining: start thanking.
• Stop finding fault with others. See the good in all. Behold the One in all!
• Success is the ability to be happy and make others happy, the ability to love and be loved, the ability to remain in peaceful harmony with yourself, with those around you and with God’s cosmic laws.
• Suffering too comes to us as a gift from God. So how can suffering sting.
• Sympathy is a great healer. Keep on giving it to every sick person — also to every healthy one you meet!
• Take care of your breathing. Breathing has a direct influence upon the mind. Let your breathing be deep and rhythmic.
• Take care of your food. See that your food is satvic, pure, earned by honest means, without doing violence to anyone.
• Take care of your mind and the mind will take care of you. Let the mind live and move and breathe in the ever-loving, eternal, peaceful presence of God.
• Temptations strengthen the muscles of the soul. They develop our hidden spiritual strength. They unlock the hidden powers of the Spirit.
• That man is reckoned true who never turns away from the path of duty; who bears the burdens that life throws on his shoulders; and who shares the good things of life with those in need!
• That man is truly great who can show sympathy even to an enemy.
• That which you expect always comes to you. Expect success and you will achieve success.
• The ‘f’ of forgiveness is freedom. Forgiveness sets us free from the hurts, which otherwise would continue to prick us, for as long as memory lasts.
• The best antidote to depression would be to count your blessings.
• The best of our friends are our noble thoughts.
• The best sleeping pill is a clear conscience.
• The best way to build your character is — to do your duty.
• The biggest room in the world is the room for self-improvement.
• The choice before us is either to dread the darkness or to light a little lantern. Which would you choose?
• The choice I make today will determine what I will be tomorrow.
• The farthest place on earth is the hour that is just over. Make the best use of the hour that has just begun.
• The foundation of a healthy body is a loving, happy, peaceful mind. Let nothing agitate or disturb your inner calm.
• The greatest fault is to think that you are faultless.
• The greatest imperfection is to see imperfection in others.
• The greatest killers of man are not heart attacks, cancer and SARS but the clock, the calendar and the telephone.
• The greatest mistake is his who does nothing because he can do only a little.
• The hands that help are holier than those that merely turn the beads of the rosary!
• The head must think through the heart and the heart must feel through the head. When we can work out that integration, life approaches perfection.
• The key to knowledge is — Love! The key to peace is to love unconditionally.
• The love of God is brighter than the sun, cooler than the moon and sweeter and more fragrant by far than honey and musk.
• The man who has never fallen is the man who has never attempted to climb. It’s better to climb and fall than no to climb at all!
• The measure of man is not his scientific or artistic capabilities. The measure of man is his control over himself, his lower self, his passions, his pride, his thoughts and aspirations, his dreams and his deeds, his emotions and feelings.
• The money that we give to the poor is deposited in the Bank of Providence.
• The past is a cancelled cheque. The future is a promissory note. The present is the only cash in hand. If I use the wisely and well, I am building for a wonderful future.
• The person who holds a grudge hurts himself more than the one against whom the grudge is held.
• The present moment is best utilised not in worrying over what may have happened or what is yet to happen, but in praising God for the joy of living with Him.
• The secret of enjoying life is to take serious things lightly and light things seriously.
• The secret of harmony is: respect the other person and in non-essential matters, yield!
• The test of love is sacrifice. How much are you prepared to sacrifice for the sake of those whom you love?
• The test of true greatness is humility!
• There are a hundred and one ways of doing the same thing. Some are right, some are wrong. But only one is the best! Do your work in the best way possible.
• There are certain things which only you can do. No one else can do them. Find out what they are, and go and do them.
• There are hundreds who will gladly lay down their lives for a cause, but very few who will be prepared to live for it.
• There are many ways to God. But the surest and shortest is the way of love.
• There are three ways of handling anger: expression, suppression, forgiveness. The third is the only right way. Forgive and be free!
• There are two things you cannot compel a man to do (1) to love you; and (2) to be sincere.
• There can be no pleasure which can exceed that of giving pleasure to other.
• There is a happiness above happiness. It belongs to him who, forgetting himself, gives happiness to others!
• There is but one famine in the world. It is the famine of love. What can save our sinking civilization is love — love-in-action.
• There is no corner too remote for God’s help to reach us!
• There is no service nobler than doing something nice for someone who will never find it out!
• There would be no need of so many hospitals, if only people could be happy, light-hearted and joyful!
• This is the reward we expect of service — to be given greater opportunities to be of service to others.
• Thought has magnetic power. We draw to ourselves that which we think of consistently and continuously.
• Thoughts are forces, not to be trifled with. Thoughts are the building blocks of life. If you entertain pure thoughts, you build for yourselves a noble future. If otherwise, you work for your own ruination.
• Time is our capital! Every minute, every moment is precious.
• Time is the most precious of all possessions. Yet we waste so much of our time in idle pursuits.
• To be a true friend you have to be a giver. If you think of taking from your fiend, then you are not a friend. Give him the love of your heart and good, chaste advice.
• To be happy, we need to forget many things. We must learn the art of forgetting.
• To have real fun we must surprise others by being extra loving and kind to them.
• To see what is right and not to do it is to show want of courage.
• To the person who is in love, every winter becomes a spring and the world becomes a garden of God!
• To the weak, problems are stumbling blocks. To the brave, they are stepping-stones.
• Today belongs to you. Do whatever you can now. Who knows? You may not see tomorrow’s sun!
• Trials and tribulations, dangers and difficulties are the touchstones of true friendship.
• Triumph belongs to thoughts. Change your thinking and you change your life.
• True conversion is not a change of label. True conversion is a change of mind, a change of attitude, which results in the transformation of the individual.
• True education should equip the student to cope adequately with life — with what lies ahead of him so that he is always a winner in the game of life.
• True love is love-in-action. For love that does not express itself in action, is like a tree that bears no fruit.
• True love never demands: it is prepared to give to the utmost.
• True religion is that which teaches us to love God and to serve the God in man.
• Trust you friends, never doubt their goodness.
• Turn out all thoughts of fear and doubt and anxiety. Close the windows and doors of your mind against them as you would against plague — germs.
• Unconditional love is the love that gives you the freedom to be your own life.
• Under God’s grace, a blow becomes a blessing a — obstacle becomes an opportunity.
• Understanding and love are pre-conditions for peace.
• Upgrade yourself by all means, but never degrade another.
• Use your humour to please, never to hurt.
• We are busy making money for our children but, in the bargain, we lose them, because we don’t give them enough time, attention and love.
• We are not where we live but where we love!
• We can float safely on the sea of life as long as we don’t allow our sorrows and troubles to get inside us! For if we do, we will surely drown in the depths of depression.
• We have tried many things. When shall we try God?
• We keep a number of appointments every day. But do we keep the most important of all appointments? That is the appointment of God.
• We live in a world of allurements and entanglements. The sharp arrows of desire, craving, animal appetite, passion, pride, ignorance, hatred, greed, wound our souls again and again. Our souls bear the scars of many wounds. They need to be healed. Silence is a great healer!
• We may not always be able to do exceptional deeds. But we can always be a blessing to those around us.
• We must learn to laugh at ourselves. It is only then that we will be able to laugh in the right way.
• We often laugh at the oddities and weaknesses of others but not at our own. We must learn to laugh at ourselves.
• We realize the value of the moment only when the last moment arrives.
• We recognize the worth of a person only after he is dead. Let us appreciate our dear ones, while they are still alive.
• We wish to help our friends in a great way: but such opportunities come seldom. Let us do little acts of service every day. And the good we do will never pass away!
• Wear a smile and you have friends: wear a scowl and you have wrinkles. Which would you have?
• What helps you is not your words but your vibrations. So speak little and let others talk.
• What hides God from us is our little ego. When the ego goes God’s light glows.
• What is the simplest — and the easiest — way to mediate? The way of loving God.
• What is your vocation? They asked me. My answer was a simple one: “To do the Will of God!”
• What makes the world appear as a paradise? Being in love!
• What reclaims a sinner is not the sermon of a preacher, not the exhortation of the dead, not lifeless books, but the love of pure, divine heart.
• When anyone hurts you, immediately offer a prayer to God: “O god, help me to forget this hurt, so that it does not enter my heart, and become a festering wound.”
• When our hearts are saturated with love, there will be no place in our life for unhappiness. We shall be amongst the happiest of men on earth.
• When there is love in the heart, man becomes incapable of inflicting hurt.
• When we are passing through a period of suffering, we learn many lessons which we don’t learn when we are passing through a period of so-called happiness or joy.
• When we think we are cheating another, we are only cheating ourselves.
• When you are in trouble or in need, a true friend will be the first to rush to your help.
• When you are isolated, you get easily depressed. Loneliness is at the root of so many of our ailments.
• When you forgive, forgive out of the fullness of your heart. Partial forgiveness is not forgiveness at all. It blesses neither him who forgives nor him who is forgiven.
• When you give the world the best you have, the best will come back to you.
• When you have learnt to give, you have learnt to live aright.
• When you lose wealth you lose little: when you lose a friend you lose much: but when you lose courage and character you lose your all!
• When you love someone, the best in you rises to the surface.
• Whenever you have taken up a work in hand, you must see it through to its finish. Never, never, never give up!
• Wherever we go, let us love and laugh, serve and sing! Let there be a green tree in our hearts and, in due course, a singing bird will appear.
• Which is the best city in the world? SIMPLICITY!
• Which is the best exercise for the heart? Reach down and lift up as many as you can!
• Why is it that you lose your peace of mind? You lose your peace because your wishes are not fulfilled. But above your wishes is the Will of God. Accept His Will and you will never lose your peace.
• Within us there is the conflict between love and hate. Love asks to forgive, hatred seeks to get even, to return evil for evil.
• Work should be done in a spirit of worship and when we worship we must not neglect our work.
• Worry is like a swing. Though you keep moving, you reach nowhere!
• You are meant to live a larger life! You are meant to do good to humanity. If there are experiences that dwarf your soul, you must deny them!
• You are never too old to love. And when you love, you suddenly grow younger!
• You are own friend and your own foe — says the Lord in the Gita. No one can hurt you. No one can do you harm. So be your own friend. Therefore, take care of your thoughts, attitudes, and habits.
• You are the makers of your own destiny. You are the builders of your own future.
• You are unique. God made you for a special purpose. Discover that special purpose. Make it your goal and once you have fixed that goal, you must keep your eyes fixed always on that goal.
• You become what you think – this is the great law of life. Think better thoughts, nobler thoughts, and you will surely become a better person.
• You cannot eat the cake and still have it. But there is something that you can keep even when you have given it away. It is a smile. Why not be a smile millionaire?
• You may be the best person in your circle. But surely there are many who are better by far than you can ever hope to be.
• Your real value lies not in your outer, empirical self but in your inner, imperishable self. Cultivate friendship with your inner self.
• Youth is not a matter of age; it is a condition and a state of mind. A man can be young at 80: another can be old at 18.

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