Alliances can be formed by valuable transactions between two parties. One must do a favour or promise a favour in return. Mere promises which do not materialise can sour the warmest of relationships.
Mahabharata
War should be the last resort.
Upanishads
See Him in all - a fallen leaf, a sick dog, the drunkard and the thief. Then you will know the meaning of love.
Hinduism
A starving man should not be choosy about his food.
Universal Prayers - From Vedas
O Lord, Thou art our father; do Thou instruct us like a father. We offer our salutations to Thee. Do Thou not destroy us; do Thou protect us ever.
Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram
Salutations to Him who is the inexhaustible Treasure.
Sri Lalita Sahasranama
Om sivayai namah. Salutations to Her, the Consort of Siva, whose Power She is.
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 Worshipful. Om mahate namah
Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry)
