You must be a lotus, unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it!

Do not be misled by what you see around you, or be influenced by what you see. You live in a world which is a playground of illusion, full of false paths, false values and false ideals. But you are not part of that world.

Man is lost and is wandering in a jungle where real values have no meaning. Real values can have meaning to man only when he steps on to the spiritual path, a path where negative emotions have no use.

Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of turmoil he has created through his past ways of life, with all those material interests and earthly ambitions.

Man seeks to change the foods available in nature to suit his tastes, thereby putting an end to the very essence of life contained in them.

What is new in the world? Nothing. What is old in the world? Nothing. Everything has always been and will always be.

The life ahead can only be glorious if you learn to live in total harmony with the Lord.

All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter.

Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties and obstacles, and they are the very experiences he needs to encourage and complete the cleansing process.

A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too will sink back into the soft ground and becomes swallowed up by the world of illusion.

You must be a lotus, unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it!

Life is a song - sing it. Life is a game - play it. Life is a challenge - meet it. Life is a dream - realize it. Life is a sacrifice - offer it. Life is love - enjoy it.

What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of the moment that create your future. The outline of your future path already exists, for you created its pattern by your past.

You must pass your days in song. Let your whole life be a song.

Look out into the universe and contemplate the glory of God. Observe the stars, millions of them, twinkling in the night sky, all with a message of unity, part of the very nature of God.

Love one another and help others to rise to the higher levels, simply by pouring out love. Love is infectious and the greatest healing energy.

I am formless and everywhere. I am in everything. I am in everything and beyond. I fill all space. All that you see, taken together, is Myself. I do not shake or move.

I am the Attributeless, Absolute, Nirguna. I have no name, no residence.

I am the protector of all lives. I am present even before the creation. I am prime God.

I give people what they want in the hope that they will begin to want what I want to give them!

I had a Guru. He was a great saint and most merciful. I served him long - very, very long; still, he would not blow any mantra in my ears. I had a keen desire never to leave him but to stay with him and serve him and at all cost receive some instruction from him.

I shall be active and vigorous even from the tomb.

If you seek my help and guidance, I will immediately give it to you.

My eye is ever on those who love me.

My tomb shall bless and speak to the needs of my devotees.

The wretched and miserable would rise into plenty of joy and happiness as soon as they climb the steps of my mosque.

What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of the moment that create your future.

Discipline trains you to put up with disappointments, every rose has a thorn.

Education must award self-confidence, the courage to depend on one's own strength.

A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man otherwise he too will sink back into the soft ground and becomes swallowed up by the world of illusion.

Whatever creature comes to you human or otherwise treat it with consideration.

Pure love is the chief manifestation of education.

No joy can equal the joy of serving others.

Practice the vocabulary of love - unlearn the language of hate and contempt.

The President forgot to mention the Moon, Mars, and the federal deficit - all of which are sky-high.

The sky, the sky beyond the door is blue.

With a firm and steadfast mind one should hold under all conditions, that everywhere the earth is below and the sky above, and to the energetic man, every region is his fatherland.

On one hand, to be able to go from one direction in the sky to study such an object to another direction to study another object, and on the other hand to be able to maintain accurately the position in space.

I want Carl Sagan to explain the sky to me.

For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as the evening twilight fades away The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.

I was interested in telescopes and the way they worked because I had an intense desire to see what things looked like, so I learned how to use telescopes and find things in the sky.

The colors I choose there was to paint the first hotel, the Disneyland Hotel. Because of the cloudy sky we had in Paris, it had to be a particular kind of color who will fight those grey days. And also something you can see when you're driving up 'There it is! We're arriving!'

I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky; and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by.

Life is the fire that burns and the sun that gives light. Life is the wind and the rain and the thunder in the sky. Life is matter and is earth, what is and what is not, and what beyond is in Eternity.

Let's not talk about Communism. Communism was just and idea, just pie in the sky.

You don't look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you.

Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.

It's wonderful to climb the liquid mountains of the sky. Behind me and before me is God and I have no fears.

I was, I remember, I still remember when the first time I pointed the telescope at the sky and I saw Saturn with the rings. It was a beautiful image.