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| Ramayana |
| A brother may love a brother for himself. Or he may love a brother for what he may get from him. The depth and quality of his love is tested when the brother faces difficult times. If he distances himself, then he did not really care for his brother. |
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| Mahabharata |
| Wealth breeds pride. |
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| Upanishads |
| Know thou that all that has a beginning must have an end. |
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| Hinduism |
| When the sun rises over a desert, who sees it rise? But then, does it mean it has not risen? |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| O Thou of boundless forms! Thou art the primal God of gods, the ancient being. Thou art the supreme refuge of the universe. Thou art the knower, and the one to be known. Thou art the supreme goal. By Thee is the universe pervaded. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to the Slayer of the demon called Madhu. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om astami - candra - vibhrajadalika - sthala - sobhitayai namah.
Salutations to Her whose forehead shines, arching like the crescent moon of the eighth lunar digit (Astami). |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
| I make prostration to Siva and Parvati, who form the embodiment of all arts (fine and practical), whose matted crests are adorned with the crescent moon, who aare to each other the mutual rewards obtained by their respective austerities, who bestow on aspirants liberation and other fruits of devotional life, who are the source of abounding good to the three worlds, who reveal themselves in forms of ever-renewing novelty with the progress of meditation, and whose experience generates supreme bliss in a mind contemplating on them. |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
| Renown as the Core of all beings. Om Sarva vikhyataya namah |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| ...The Sadhak's aspiration, self-consecration, assent and support to the Mother's workings, his rejection of all that comes in the way is very necessary - indispensable. |
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