- “Fear not what is not real, never was and never will be. What is real, always was and cannot be destroyed.”
- “Better indeed is knowledge than mechanical practice. Better than knowledge is meditation. But better still is surrender of attachment to results, because there follows immediate peace.”
- “Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.”
- “The mind is restless and difficult to restrain, but it is subdued by practice.”
- “Little by little, through patience and repeated effort, the mind will become stilled in the Self.”
- “Hell has three gates: lust, anger, and greed”
- “People will talk about your disgrace forever. To the honored, dishonor is worse than death.”
- “The faith of each is in accordance with one's own nature.”
- “Death is as sure for that which is born, as birth is for that which is dead. Therefore grieve not for what is inevitable.”
- "No matter what conditions you encounter in life, your right is only to the works--not to the fruits thereof. You should not be impelled to act for selfish reasons, nor should you be attached to inaction."