Humility is the greatest virtue that a King must believe in and practice. A good preceptor teaches him this by making him stay in very humble conditions and by making him perform menial work. The King must learn the dignity that resides in physical labour.
Mahabharata
Rich gifts do not prove one's sincerity.
Upanishads
When your mind is calm like a mirror, you will see the Spirit reflected in it.
Hinduism
Words that can describe him do not exist. Believe in him and be happy.
Universal Prayers - From Vedas
O Lord, with my nature overpowered by weak commiseration, with my mind thrown into confusion about duty, I supplicate Thee. Tell me decidedly what is good for me. I am Thy disciple. Instruct me who have taken refuge in Thee.
Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram
Salutations to the Eternal.
Sri Lalita Sahasranama
Om krodha - kar ankus ojjvalayai namah. Salutations to Her holding the flashing Ankusa(goad) of anger in Her lower right hand for restraining the forces of evil.
Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya
The best among the intelligent bend the bow of their mental disposition with the bow-string of firm devotion, and having destroyed the enemy of sins with the unfailing arrows of divine contemplatation, become victorious and attain to the undecaying sovereignty of liberation.
Siva Sahasranama Stotram
The Self-controlled. Om niyataya namah The Jivatma regains his original state by controlling the senses.
Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry)
To practise Yoga implies the will to overcome all attachments and turn to the Divine alone.
