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| Ramayana |
| One of the ways of testing a man's worth is to set him a challenge that ordinary men cannot master. All his ingenuity, skill and prowess will be called into play to overcome the challenge. His abilities will be visible for all to see. |
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| Mahabharata |
| Elaborate rituals achieve little purpose if they are devoid of humility. |
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| Upanishads |
| Shreya (beneficence) is sought for liberation. |
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| Hinduism |
| Work. Talking of work is not enough. Food has to be eaten. Talking of it is not enough. |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| Its form is not visible here - neither its end, nor origin, not its basis. Having cut down this firm-rooted tree by the mighty sword of non-attachment, that goal is to be sought after, attaining which the wise do not return again. I take refuge in that primeval Being, from whom streams forth the eternal creative Energy. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to the Eternal. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om vaktra - laksmi - parivaha - calan - minabha - locanayai namah.
Salutations to Her whose eyes move like fish in the streams of beauty flowing from Her face. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
| The cloud of divine love, residing in the sky of Siva;s feet, pours down the rain of joy. He, the lake of whose mind gets filled, obtains a good harvest from the crop of life - but not others. |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
| The Great - minded. Om mahatmane namah |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| Let us find, O Lord, our entire support in Thy Grace alone. |
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