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| Ramayana |
| One of the ways in which nobility distinguishes itself from common people is in the value that they attach to a vow. A promise once given must be kept under all conditions. This value is ingrained in the royal heirs from their childhood. |
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| Mahabharata |
| Strategy should be revealed or concealed according to situation, as a tortoise reveals or conceals its limbs. |
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| Upanishads |
| Feelings and emotions are but fleeting clouds reflected in a forest pool. |
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| Hinduism |
| Would a thief threatened with death tell the truth about his misdeeds? |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| May the effulgent Being, the One without a second, who, like a spider, spontaneously covers Himself with threads made out of His own creative powers, grant us union with himself, the Brahman. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to Him who is the protector of all created beings. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om nava campaka - puspabha - nasa - danda - vira -jitayai namah.
Salutations to Her whose shapely nose is like a fresh - blown Campaka bud. |
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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 Treasure. Om nidhaye namah
The Padma nidhi and the Sankha nidhi are all He. |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| Glory to Thee, O Lord, conqueror of every foe! Give us the power to endure and share in Thy victory. |
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