Those who long for power try to be close to the powerful. Sycophants who crowd around King and Queen are generally power-hungry people. Others who get close to the throne try to get close to the sycophants.
Mahabharata
Though apparently unpalatable, the advice of elders should be considered carefully.
Upanishads
Feelings and emotions are but fleeting clouds reflected in a forest pool.
Hinduism
Though we doubt Him, he watches over us like a benevolent father.
Universal Prayers - From Vedas
O Lord, Thou who blesseth all creatures by revealing the highest knowledge, deign to make us happy by Thy calm and blissful Self that roots out terror as well as sin.
Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram
Salutations to Him who is the inexhaustible Treasure.
Sri Lalita Sahasranama
Om kanak angada - keyura - kamaniya - bhujan - vitayai namah. Salutations to Her whose beautiful arms are decked with armlets and bracelets of gold.
Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya
O Lord all-pervading! Even after Thy being pleased with me, either due to my meritorious works or due to Thy Grace, why is it that I cannot get a sight of Thy holy lotus feet? For, they are hidden from me by the golden crowns studded with precious gems belonging to the crowd of celetials who prostrate at Thy holy feet in excitement.
Siva Sahasranama Stotram
The Ruler of the Worlds. Om loka palaya namah.
Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry)
...and the transformation can only be done by a force infinitely greater than your own; it can only be done by being truly like a child in the hands of Divine Mother.
