Virtues have the strength to break through evil spells. Evil can try to dazzle the unwary with transient charms. But the light of virtue sears through these dreams like lightning through clouds.
Mahabharata
The wily try to win by stealing and cheating.
Upanishads
The spirit buries itself in the Supreme as the arrow in the target.
Hinduism
Think of yourself as a piece of wood and the word Om as another. Rub the two pieces together till they blaze in the incandescent glory of the Supreme.
Universal Prayers - From Vedas
Thou art woman; Thou art man; Thou art youth; Thou art maiden; Thou art the old man tottering on his staff; Thou dost appear born in manifold forms.
Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram
Salutations to Him who sees objects through all eyes.
Sri Lalita Sahasranama
Om sarv arunayai namah. Salutations to Her who is rose - hued all over.
Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya
When shall I behold Thee, three-eyed and blue-throated, sitting on the hump of Thy huge and spirited bull, with the battle axe and deer in Thy two hands and Uma holding thy body in embrace, while the celestial attendants play about, the divinities like Brahma sing hymns if praise and the ascetics cry "Hail"?
Siva Sahasranama Stotram
The High, while seeming Humble. Om adinaya namah The Magnanimous though seeming mean.
Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry)
Glory to Thee, O Lord, conqueror of every foe! Give us the power to endure and share in Thy victory.
