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| Ramayana |
| To some, wealth and status are more important than family. To some, family comes before all, for some others, both may be important while a few others may ignore both. Every human being has a different set of inclinations and which cannot be predicted by class or position. |
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| Mahabharata |
| When the lion does not behave like one, even a fox may think of overcoming him. |
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| Upanishads |
| The Creator made life and then inspiration. Without inspiration, evolution would not be possible. |
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| Hinduism |
| As the kernel lies within the husk, so the spirit within the body. |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| Thou art, O Supreme Lord, the cause, the manifestation as also the support of this universe; yet Thou shinest as the one absolute existence unaffected by the changes in things. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to Him who is realized through the means of silence, meditation and concentrated thought, or through madhuvidya taught in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om campak asoka - punnaga - saugandhika - lasat - kacayai namah.
Salutations to Her whose shining locks of hair impart their fragrance to flowers like Campaka, Asoka and Punnaga adorning them. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
| O Thou merciful cowherd! Protect that only cow of mine - the cow of devotion to Thee - which yields continually as milk an endless supply of the nectar of joy, which lives in the cow-pen of Thy holy feet, and which I have acquired as the result of my meritorious deeds. |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
| One given to Yoga. Om yogine namah. |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| … Accompanied by a rejection of all that stands in the way of what we aspire for. |
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