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| Ramayana |
| The chieftain must lead his army from the front. He should be able to set personal examples of bravery. Seeing these, his soldiers will be inspired to go all out for the cause. The chieftain is a role model for the rest of the men. |
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| Mahabharata |
| Never take a decision while angry. |
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| Upanishads |
| True love springs from the knowledge of universality with all forms of life. |
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| Hinduism |
| Sin exist in your mind. What it clean with the waters of true repentance. |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| The divine Being who dwells in the moving and the non-moving, but is Himself immutable; who is the light of knowledge and the dispeller of blinding darkness, - Him, the dweller in the heart of all beings, I behold. Him, the supreme Self, I salute. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to Him whose eyes are of reddish hue. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om campak asoka - punnaga - saugandhika - lasat - kacayai namah. Salutations to Her whose shining locks of hair impart their fragrance to flowers like Campaka, Asoka and Punnaga adorning them. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
| I shall be competent, O Siva, to perform Thy worship, praise and meditation when I become he who built a bridge across the ocean (i.e. Sri Rama), or he who pressed down the great mountain Vindhya with his palm (i.e. sage Agastya) or he who over-stepped the creator Brahma (i.e. Sri Krishna). |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
| The Lord of all existence. Om Sarva loka praja pataye namah |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| Yes, the New Year must dispel the smoke of ignorance and make the Light shine forth. |
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