A man hears only what he wants to hear. An arrogant man listens only to those words which praise him but ignores those which are detrimental to him. This habit misguides him at many turns of life.
Mahabharata
Why need my master do what I can do for him?
Upanishads
It sees but appears not to see.
Hinduism
This world is in perpetual motion. Only God is motionless.
Universal Prayers - From Vedas
Salutations to that effulgent Being whom Brahma and other gods praise with divine hymns; whom the singers of the Sama glorify by the Vedas and their auxilaries, repeating the words in a particular order along with the Upanishads; whom the Yogins realise through deep meditation with their minds wholly absorbed in Him; and whose extent neither the gods nor demons know.
Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram
Salutations to Him who is the Lord of what has been, what wil be and what is.
Sri Lalita Sahasranama
Om kamesvara - mukh aloka - kalpita - sri - ganesvarayai namah. Salutations to Her who by a mere glance at her Consort Mahesvara generates Sri Ganesa (the elephant headed deity).
Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya
Alas! Desiring wealth in order to provide myself with food, I wander in vain from one person to another. O all-knowing one! I am not acquainted with the way of worshipping Thee. O Lord of all beings! O destroyer of the sins of devotees! Thou shouldst save me, at least for the reason that, on account of the maturing of my previously acquired merits (as it were), Thou residest in the heart of all beings (including myself).
Siva Sahasranama Stotram
The Self of all Beings. Om mahatmane namah
Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry)
Mother divine, thou art with us, each day thou givest me the assurance…
