A person's intrinsic qualities of caring, loving, truthfulness and gentleness can inspire loyalty and devotion wherever he goes. Such loyalty is not only among his own people but also among those who see him for a short while alone.
Mahabharata
Jealousy destroys the greatest of dynasties.
Upanishads
The desire to know more than mundane matters is rare indeed.
Hinduism
Time is said to be the greatest force. But it is only an instrument of the Supreme's will.
Universal Prayers - From Vedas
We contemplate on the Indweller of all. We mediate upon the Lord supreme. May that destroyer of all ills ever direct us.
Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram
Salutations to Him who animates and purifies all life.
Sri Lalita Sahasranama
Om nijaruna - prabha - pura - majjad brahmanda - mandalayai namah. Salutations to Her in the rosy splendour of whose form the whole universe is bathed.
Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya
The cloud of divine love, residing in the sky of Siva;s feet, pours down the rain of joy. He, the lake of whose mind gets filled, obtains a good harvest from the crop of life - but not others.
Siva Sahasranama Stotram
The One concealed in the guise of madness. Om unmattavesha pracchannaya namah He is actually mad after devotees.
Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry)
May this year be a luminous peace in the joy that comes from true kindness - the human child of Divine Compassion.
