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| Ramayana |
| A King must have an open mind. He must learn to learn from others. Everybody has some wisdom which he has gleaned from his experience. The King should use the wisdom of others to enhance his own wisdom because he cannot learn everything through personal experience. |
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| Mahabharata |
| Every day hundreds die. Yet the living think, "It will not happen to me." |
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| Upanishads |
| Madhyam (in the middle) are they who understand the speaker's intent but do not act without explicit instructions. |
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| 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. |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| Be of easy approach to us, even as a father to his son. Do Thou, O self-effulgent Lord, abide with us and bring blessings to us. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to Him who is aware of the rights and wrongs done by all beings. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om asvarudh aashisthit asva - koti - kotibhir - avrtayai namah.
Salutations to Her who is surrounded by a cavalry of several crores of horses under the command of Asvarudha. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
When shall I, in a blissful mood, pass like a second the long period (Kalpa) covered by the life-time of many Brahmas, staying in the very presence of Siva along with the goblins in a mansion of gold and precious gems situated in (the heavenly moutain of) Kailasa and praying with hands folded and held on the head, "Save me, O supremely auspicious and all-pervading One! Thou that art united with the Divine Mother! Thou Lord of all the worlds!"
(A Kalpa is a thousand divine years, which is equal to 432 million human years. It is one day time of a Brahma and the duration of one cyclic manifestation of the cosmos. At the end of it a Pralaya or dissolution of equal duration takes place. After that a new day begins for Brahma. 360 such days and nights constitute one Brahmic year. 100 such Brahmic years mark the lifetime of a Brahma, after which the presiding Brahma is aborbed in Mahavisnu; and another Brahma takes up the reins.) |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
| With tuft like the crest of a peacock. Om sikhandine namah |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| Glory to Thee, O Lord, who triumphest over every obstacle! Grant that nothing in us may be an impediment to Thy work. |
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