Virtue can gain commitment from people as neither wealth nor power can. Virtue gives them strength and courage in the face of all adversities. Those who fight against the virtues do not have this advantage.
Mahabharata
Jealousy destroys the greatest of dynasties.
Upanishads
Never scorn food, for food is the sustainer of life.
Hinduism
Can you describe in words what you know not?
Universal Prayers - From Vedas
Nothing is beyond Thy ken, but Thou art not perceived by any. Nothing is unrealised by Thee, yet Thou art not realised by any.
Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram
Salutations to Him who is the Life Breath in all creatures.
Sri Lalita Sahasranama
Om kamakyyai namah. Salutations to Her the look of whose eyes is full of grace.
Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya
O my good mind! Worship the lotus feet of Siva that constitute the well-watered field yielding the valuable herbs of liberation desired by you - the field dor the attainment of which even Vishnu the husband of Sri (The Goddess of beauty and prosperity) and of Bhu (the goddess of earth), took the form of a boar.
(The allusion is to the Pauranika story of Brahma and Vishnu starting to find out the head and feet of Siva respectively. Brahma took the form of a Swan and flew up, while Vishnu took the form of a Boar and burrowed down. Both of them are said to have failed to find their goals.)
Siva Sahasranama Stotram
The Great Strength. Om mahabalaya namah.
Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry)
By remaining psychically open to the Mother, all that is necessary for work or Sadhana develops progressively, that is one of the chief secrets, the central secret of the Sadhana.
