A father's heart is full of joy when he sees his son growing physically and mentally strong. Similarly, he may be greatly worried if his son does not pick up some of the abilities necessary for him to maintain his station in life.
Mahabharata
Disease, fire, enemy and debt are equally harmful.
Upanishads
Feel ye the presence of the Spirit within yourself. And taste the amrit.
Hinduism
Would a thief threatened with death tell the truth about his misdeeds?
Universal Prayers - From Vedas
Thou art manifest in all creatures, in the animal as well as in the holy man. Thou art manifest in all directions; in the sky as well as in rivers and mountains.
Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram
Salutations to Him who is the Eldest, being the cause of all.
Sri Lalita Sahasranama
Om tatanka - yugali - bhuta - tapan odupa mandalayai namah. Salutations to Her who has the orbs of the sun and the moon as Her pair of ear pendants.
Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya
What am I to petition unto Thee who bearest the responsibility for both the present and the future welfare of beings; who art ready to confer all good (on devotees); who art the perfect revealer of all religions existing and yet to exist; and who art all-knowing and all-merciful? Always do I think of Thee in my mind as my dearest and nearest.
Siva Sahasranama Stotram
The Great - minded. Om mahatmane namah
Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry)
Lord, we are upon earth to accomplish Thy work of transformation. It is our sole will, our sole preoccupation.
