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
Wealth breeds pride.
Upanishads
The sword lies unassuming in its sheath. So does the spirit slumber in the mind.
Hinduism
Lead me from darkness to light.
Universal Prayers - From Vedas
I bow to Thee, O Thou blissful Self. I bow to Thee, O secrets. Thou art beyond all thought and limitation. Thou art without beginning and without end. I bow to Thee.
Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram
Salutations to Him who is pure Existence.
Sri Lalita Sahasranama
Om anakalita - sadrsya - cibuka - sri - virajitayai namah. Salutations to Her whose chin is peerless in beauty.
Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya
Dull-witted man, wandering about for flowers (for Thy worship_, goes to deep lotus lakes, to uninhabited dense forests and to high mountains. Lo! he does not know how to be happy in life by offering unto Thee, the Lord of uma, the unique lotus of his own heart.
Siva Sahasranama Stotram
Clothed in the tiger or elephant skin. Om charmine namah This is the symbol of the conquest of egoism. Mythology speaks of Siva tearing to pieces the body of an elephant - faced demon and of His wearing the skin of that demon as an insignia of valour.
Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry)
I need not appear to be good if my sincerity is perfect. It is better to be than to seem.
