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| Ramayana |
| A task should be well estimated before attempting it. Those who do so generally succeed. Those who do not are doomed to failure. The requirements of the task should be matched to one's strengths and abilities. |
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| Mahabharata |
| The poor man is generally discounted by all. |
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| Upanishads |
| Transcend the mind to the aura of knowledge, at the centre of which lies pure Bliss. |
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| Hinduism |
| Why do you pour fuel onto ashes instead of blazing fire? |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| Thou hast no colour, no form, no weapons, no particular abode. Yet thou revealest Thyself unto Thy devotess in a personal form. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to Him who is the Life Breath in all creatures. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om Sakti - kut aikat apanna - katyadho bhaga - dharinyai namah.
Salutations to Her whose form below waist is identical with the last part (Sakthi - Kuta) of Panca - dasaksari Mantra. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
| I resort to contemplation on Lord Siva, which is adopted by those who are desirous of the fruit of the eternal state of liberation, and which gives many delightful devotional experiences like tears of joy and horripilations. |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
The Omniscient. Om sarvajnaya namah
There is nothing beyond the ken of Siva. |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| Let the power of the Mother work in you, but be careful to avoid any mixture or substitution, in its place, of either a magnified ego-working or a force of Ignorance presenting itself as Truth. |
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