The beauty of self realization lies in secretly working out within you everything that is virtuous, that is beautiful, that is joyful.

Sahaja Yoga is the spontaneous union of the individual consciousness with the All-Pervading Divine Power.

You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the power that created you.

Whatever you have to have, try to have something which is handmade.

We are on this earth to become the Spirit, to be a channel of God's love and above all, to enter into the Kingdom of God.

What do we have to achieve? Not your position, not your wealth, not all these outward things, but you have to achieve a loving heart.

"I don't like it" or "I like it". This sentence must go away from your tongue. Likes and dislikes are only for people who have limited vision. You should learn to appreciate.

Unless and until you introspect you cannot even respect yourself. You cannot even love yourself. If you love yourself you will introspect and find out what's wrong.

There is no solution to any world problem, to any national problem, to any city problem or to any local problem, unless and until people get their Realization.

Self Realization is the first encounter with reality.

To allow your Spirit to manifest, you have to understand Its nature. Spirit can never be aggressive, can never dominate. It respects the freedom of another person because It's a free being.

[E]very major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and none ever flourished by tolerating its rivals.

Grief's darkness fades in the sunlight of thanksgiving.

How can you go out on a limb if you do not know your own tree? No art ever came out of not risking your neck. And risk--experiment--is a considerable part of the joy of doing.

You're the predator right up until you're prey.

The first things to study are form and values. For me, these are the things that are the basics of what is serious in art.

I knew I could never match my father as a violinist, and there were already four generations of outstanding cellists in the family.

Repaying the debt of these ultimate sacrifices seems nearly impossible but we must try.

Speech was given to the ordinary sort of men, whereby to communicate their mind; but to wise men, whereby to conceal it.

You can write about anything, and if you write well enough, even the reader with no intrinsic interest in the subject will become involved.

I'm going to tell you a secret. Our lives are shaped by the future, not by the past. Once you decide how you want your life to be, all you need to do is live into that future.