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| Ramayana |
| Before rushing into battle, the general must make a good plan. Battles are generally lost if they are headlong attacks without a well-designed gameplan. When all the enemy moves are anticipated and own moves planned accordingly, the chances of success are higher. |
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| Mahabharata |
| Death is preferable to a bad name. |
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| Upanishads |
| Forsake not words; forsake only words of envy and greed. |
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| Hinduism |
| The world is like a river and our acts are like its ripples. |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| May He, the creator and supporter of the gods, the lord of all, the destroyer of evil, the great seer, He who brought the cosmic Soul into being, endow us with good thoughts. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to Him who brings about fruits of actions. |
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| 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. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
| Search carefully, having applied the magic ointment of divine contemplation to the eyes. Break open the dark barrier of ignorance, making the Lord's sacred names the great ritual offering. O auspicious one! Whoever does so and obtains, in this very embodiment, the treasure-trove of Thy lotus feet resorted to by celestials and bedecked with serpents as ornaments, attains to the goal of human existence. |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
| The Worshipful. Om mahate namah |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| Truth is a difficult and strenuous conques. One must be a real warrior to make this conquest. |
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