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| Ramayana |
| Restlessness and contentment cannot do hand in hand. The ambitious man is restless. He seeks success here, there, everywhere. The contended man looks into his own heart and finds total peace. |
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| Mahabharata |
| What glory can you win by defeating the weak? |
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| Upanishads |
| May I use my eyes for seeking good in all things. |
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| Hinduism |
| A wife does not love her husband for his sake but for her own sake. So with the husband. |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| O Lord, Thou art of infallible will, and art attainable through truthfulness alone. Thou art Truth in the past, present and future. Thou art the origin of the entire creation; Thou dost pervade it, and art its true essence. Thou dost direct truthful speech and conduct. Thou art the embodiment of Truth. In Thee do we take refuge. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to Him who is the source and means of purity. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om deva - karya - samudyatayai namah. Salutations to Her who ever promotes the cause of Divine forces. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
| O Thou highest of beings! It befits Thee to save me who, stupefied by ignorance, is wallowing in hallow worldliness, far removed from the worship of Thee, the Lord of all creatures. Where is the person more miserable than I? Where is one more skiled thann Thee in saving the wreched? And where in all the three worlds is another apart from Thee who is fit for one to take refuge in? |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
The All. om sarvasami namah The Lord is the material cause of the world. |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| OM anandamayi chaitanyamayi satyamayi parame. |
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