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| Ramayana |
| Valour is proved by protecting honour. It is not meant for bullying the meek and the humble. It should be used for performing deeds that protect the honour and person of those who cannot defend themselves. |
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| Mahabharata |
| The poor man is ridiculed even by his wife. |
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| Upanishads |
| Transcend the mind to the aura of knowledge, at the centre of which lies pure Bliss. |
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| Hinduism |
| When you can pray for eternal happiness, why do you clamour for transient things? |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| He, whose greatness has made Him, the one sole king of this animate and inanimate world, who is the creator and lord of all bipeds and quadrupeds, - He it is to whom we offer our prayers. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to Him who conducts the seekers of wealth and prosperity to their goal. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om kamesvar astra - nirdagdha sabhand asura - sunyakayai namah.
Salutations to Her who with the flames of the missile Kamesvara caused the destruction of Bhanda and also of his Capital Sunyaka. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
| O Great God! Thou Lord of creatures! Just as there is misapprehension of silver in mother-of-pearl, of gem in imitation stone, of milk in water mixed with flour, of water in mirage, so do ignorant men mistakenly worship various beings as the Deity, without thinking of Thee in their mind. |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
| Manifestation. Om pravrtaye namah |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| When the mind becomes quiet, one can feel the Divine Mother supporting the life and put everything into her hands. |
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