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| Ramayana |
| A task should be well estimated before attempting it. Those who do so generally succeed. Those who do not are doomed to failure. The requirements of the task should be matched to one's strengths and abilities. |
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| Mahabharata |
| The wise do not anger at the words of a fool. |
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| Upanishads |
| Only when Man has his fill of material objects, does he care to raise his eyes upwards. |
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| Hinduism |
| As the kernel lies within the husk, so the spirit within the body. |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| O Lord, I make salutations to Thee, the glorious Being. Thee hast entered into me through Thy intelligent power and roused my dormant faculty of speech. Being the lord of all powers, Thou kindlest to activity also all other organs of mine. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to Him who is all-pervading. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om maha - lavanya - sevadhaye namah.
Salutations to Her who is a treasure house of Divine beauty. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
| Thou kingly bird of my mind! Give up thy vain wanderings and quest after other things, and sport for ever in the nest of Siva's feet, which are resorted to by the birds of holy men fluttering amidst the branches of the tree of the Vedas, and which are rendered charming by the fruits of liberation -- imperishable, joy-giving, pain-healing and nectarine. |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
The One concealed in the guise of madness. Om unmattavesha pracchannaya namah
He is actually mad after devotees. |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| O Lord, all those who take part in the divine work implore Thee that by a supreme purification they may be liberated from the domination of the ego. |
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