Change has to begin with the individual. When an individual changes for the better, the whole family benefits, and then society prospers.
The tree can't emerge until the outer shell of the seed breaks. Similarly, you cannot know the Truth without totally destroying the ego.
The agony caused by the longing to see God is not sorrow; it is bliss. The state that we attain by calling and crying to God is equal to the bliss that the yogi experiences in samadhi.
Our efforts to remove hatred and indifference from the world begin by trying to remove them from our own mind.
In every stone exists a latent image. When the sculptor chisels away all the unwanted parts, the image emerges. That beautiful form is born because the stone offers itself to the artist, sitting patiently before him or her for a long time.
Meditation and studying the scriptures are like two sides of a coin. The engraving on the coin is Selfless Service and that is what gives it its real value.
A true relationship is possible only when one is able to let go of all preconceived ideas and prejudices, and one when stops being possessed by the past.