A King should have virtues of aggression as well as that of gentleness. The two appear contradictory yet the King must have both. He must not hesitate before causing death. Equally he must learn not to cause death without good reason.
Mahabharata
The boasting of the vain resembles the roar of autumn clouds.
Upanishads
Know thou that all that has a beginning must have an end.
Hinduism
Lead me from death to immortality.
Universal Prayers - From Vedas
O Lord, Thou art the embodiment of infinite energy; do Thou fill me with energy. Thou art the embodiment of infinite virility; do Thou endow me with virility. Thou art the embodiment of infinite strength; do Thou bestow strength upon me. Thou art the embodiment of infinite power; do Thou grant power unto me. Thou art the embodiment of infinite courage; do Thou inspire me with courage. Thou art the embodiment of infinite fortitude; do Thou steel me with fortitude.
Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram
Salutations to Him who is Highest Substance from which all else is produced.
Sri Lalita Sahasranama
Om samay antasthayai namah. Salutations to Her who is likewise the centre of the Samaya doctrine (in which the worship is done internally through meditation and which holds Siva Sakti as of equal importance in all respects.)
Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya
That state of mind is called Bhakti (divine love) wherein all movements of thought go automatically to the lotus feet of the Lord and stick to them for ever just as the seed of Ankola tree (on falling) gravitates to the parent tree, the iron needle to the magnetic stone the devoted wife to her husband, the creeper to the tree and the river to the ocean.
Siva Sahasranama Stotram
The Winkless. Om animishaya namah Siva is ever wakeful.
Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry)
Forward, for ever forward! At the end of the tunnel is the light… At the end of the fight is the victory!
