True happiness is seldom the result of owning much land, huge palaces or commanding powerful armies. When a man has no sons to leave all this to, he feels unhappy. His successes appear futile to him.
Mahabharata
The wily try to win by stealing and cheating.
Upanishads
You will surely see Him when you surrender you ego and not before.
Hinduism
Man does not covet wealth; he covets what wealth can give him.
Universal Prayers - From Vedas
Salutations to Brahman. Salutations to God in the fire. Salutations to the God in the earth. Salutations to the God in the plants. Salutations to the God in speech. Salutations to the Lord of speech, I offer my salutations to the supreme Being, the all-pervading Spirit.
Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram
Salutations to the Destroyer of sins.
Sri Lalita Sahasranama
Om bhanda - putra - vadh odyukta - bala - vikrama - naditayai namah. Salutations to Her who is overjoyed to see Her daughter Bala who is intent on slaying the son of Bhanda.
Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya
O Supreme One! This elephant of the mind, huge and ruttish, goes about everywhere with forbidding movements. Having seized it tactfully with the rope of devotion, tie it firmely to the post of Thy undecaying state.
Siva Sahasranama Stotram
The Omniscient. Om sarvajnaya namah There is nothing beyond the ken of Siva.
Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry)
