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Each individual has to know himself. He has to know himself as the infinite, eternal and immortal Consciousness.

Each new day beckons you to walk on the road of self-transcendence. We transcend ourselves, we do not compete with others. We compete only with our previous achievements, and we get joy. Life is nothing but a perpetual possibility.

Either by silencing the mind or by opening the heart, today's man can become tomorrow's God, tomorrow's Divinity. And embodied Divinity soon becomes revealed Immortality.

Either consciously or unconsciously we are searching for the highest Self, which is at once eternal and infinite.

Enthusiasm Rules his inner world. Determination Rules his outer world. Therefore Happiness has become His real name.

Even now when I am answering a question I am at the height of my own meditation.

Even the tiniest of hopes can show me the way to arrive at my goal.

Everybody has God inside, but not everybody is able to see God within. One can see God only when one cries for Him. Those who cry for God and pray to God can realise God.

Every day there is only one thing to learn: how to be honestly happy.

Every second a seeker can start over, For his life's mistakes Are initial drafts And not the final version.

Fear is bound to disappear when you realize that failure is not something shameful, damaging, destructive, or painful, but something natural.

First of all, let us try to know what love is. If love means to possess someone or something, then that is not real love, not pure love. If loves means to give oneself, to become one with everything and everyone, then that is real love. Real love is total oneness with the object loved and with the Possessor of love.

Forgive, you will have happiness. Forget, you will have satisfacton. Forgive and forget, You will have everlasting peace Within and without.

Friendship must never be buried under the weight of misunderstanding.

God can be seen Even by the poorest fool, But not by the self-styled, God-arguing Intellectual giants.

God does not care If I am bad or good- He wants my love, Not my sainthood.

God has blessed me with the capacity to meditate even while I am talking.

God has not forgotten To give us peace. He is just waiting for us To ask for it.

God is beyond definition. But according to one's own vision or receptivity, one will define God in one's own way. Some will say that God is all Love. Others will say that God is all Power. Each one will see God according to his own necessity, his own receptivity and, finally, according to the way God wants him to see the ultimate Truth.

God is the Supreme Musician. It is He who is playing with us, on us and in us. We cannot separate God from His music. The universal Consciousness is constantly being played by the Supreme Himself, and is constantly growing into the Supreme Music.

God loves only one philosophy, And that is the Do-it-here-now philosophy.

God's Compassion - Eye gives us Not only one Chance But countless chances To change our wrong directions

God tells me that My happy heart Increases the beauty Of His universal Heart.

Goodness Is oneness-love In perfect action.

Gratitude is not a mere word; it is not a mere concept. It is the living breath of your real existence on earth.

Gratitude is pure happiness. Happiness is sure perfection.

Gratitude is the creative force, the mother and father of love. It is in gratitude that real love exists. Love expands only when gratitude is there. Limited love does not offer gratitude. Limited love is immediately bound by something- by constant desires or constant demands. But when it is unlimited love, constant love, then gratitude comes to the fore. This love becomes all gratitude.

Gratitude is the sweetest thing in a seeker's life- in all human life. If there is gratitude in your heart, then there will be tremendous sweetness in your eyes.

Greatness is a matter of a moment. Goodness is the work of a lifetime.

Hatred is a disguised form of love. You can only hate someone whom you really wish to love, because if you were totally indifferent to that person, you could not even get up enough energy to hate him.

He who loves, never grows old. God it a shining example.

Hope abides; therefore I abide. Countless frustrations have not cowed me. I am still alive, vibrant with life. The black cloud will disappear, The morning sun will appear once again In all its supernal glory.

Hope and faith are two intimate brothers; they always go together. Hope nourishes faith and faith treasures hope.

Hope is at once both simple and profound. It is hope that binds Heaven and earth. Hope is the bridge between Heaven and earth.

Hope is man's inner effort.

Hope is man's preparation for the unknown.

Hope is not an idle term. Hope is the reality that can and does reveal itself to us at God's choice hour. To hope is to know the secret of achievement.

Hope is not mere wishful thinking. It is the precursor of a new dawn that slowly, steadily and unerringly comes to the fore and eventually grows into reality's existence.

Hope is sweet. Hope is illumining. Hope is fulfilling. Hope can be everlasting. Therefore, do not give up hope, Even in the sunset of your life.

Hope knows no fear. Hope dares to blossom even inside the abysmal abyss. Hope secretly feeds and strengthens promise.

How beautiful to look at When my prayer Lights a candle of hope In my heart.

How can I have peace? Not by talking about peace, But by walking Along the road of peace.

How can one know who his spiritual teacher is?...His heart looks at the spiritual Masters and makes the choice. When the heart sees a spiritual Master, if it is overwhelmed with joy, then there is every probability that that spiritual Master is the right one for the seeker.

How do we meditate silently? Just by not talking, just by not using outer words, we are not doing silent meditation. Silent meditation is totally different. When we start meditating in silence, right from the beginning we feel the bottom of a sea within us and without. The life of activity movement and restlessness is on the surface, but deep below, underneath our human life, there is poise and silence. So, either we shall imagine this sea of silence within us or we shall feel that we are nothing but a sea of poise itself.

How do you meditate? You meditate with an inner cry. There should be an inner cry here, in the heart. The outer cry is ego-centred; it wants name and fame. ... While you are feeling this inner cry, you try to make the mind absolutely calm and quiet. If a thought enters your mind, you try to reject it. Consider this thought as a fly. When a fly comes to land on your arm, you don't allow the fly to remain; you just wave your hand and it goes away.

How to overcome destructive criticism? Just love a little more. That's all.

I am a man of prayer and meditation. I feel inspiration is of paramount importance. If I can inspire someone, and if that person also can inspire me, then we can do many good things for the betterment of this world.

I am not even six feet tall. Yet I am praying to the Absolute Supreme to reach His infinite Height, which is far beyond even my imagination's flight. For me to long to grow into that Height - is this not a miracle? I am mortal. My thoughts, my deeds, my experiences - everything that I have and everything that I am - represent mortality. Yet despite everything that I have and everything that I am, I am longing for Immortality. Is this not a miracle?

I am very happy Because I have conquered myself And not the world. I am very happy Because I have loved the world And not myself.

I begin by imagining the impossible and end by accomplishing the impossible.