“Silence is the most potent form of work.”
“The world is illusory; Brahman alone is real; Brahman is the world.”
“Your own Self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world.”
“The mind turned inwards is the Self; turned outwards, it becomes the ego and all the world.”
“Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.”
“Your duty is to be, and not to be this or that. ‘I am that I am’ sums up the whole truth. The method is summed up in the words ‘Be still’.”
“The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.”
“The mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The thoughts have their root in the ‘I’-thought. Whoever investigates the True ‘I’ enjoys the stillness of bliss.”
“The ‘I’ thought is the root thought. If the root is pulled out, all other thoughts are at the same time uprooted. Therefore, seek the root ‘I’, question yourself ‘Who am I?'”
“The greatest error of a man is to think that he is weak by nature, evil by nature. Every man is divine and strong in his real nature. What are weak and evil are his habits, his desires and thoughts, but not himself.”