Grace is within you. If it is external, it is useless. Grace is the Self. You are never out of its operation. Grace is always there. SRI RAMANA MAHARISHI

Do you know why the Lord incarnates Himself as a person? It is because one can hear God’s words only from the lips of a man. Devotees enjoy His divine bliss and taste His sweetness through a human body. BHAGAVAN SRI RAMAKRISHNA

Do not fear, for someday the grace of the Lord will come to you. Sri Ramakrishna used to say, 'Before evening you will receive a leaf plate.' Have patience and wait. SWAMI ADBHUTANANDA

Force of character is man’s great strength. If he uses it in his dealings with the world, he will indeed be victorious in most directions. SRI ANANDAMAYI MA

Do you know the significance of Japa and other spiritual practices? By these, the dominance of the sense organs is subdued. The realization of God cannot be achieved without ecstatic love (Prema Bhakti) for Him. HOLY MOTHER SRI SARADA DEVI

Do not be afraid of anything. Call on Sri Ramakrishna with all your heart and soul, and He, out of His abundant grace, will grant you devotion, courage, and strength. SWAMI PREMANANDA

The Master is really God, who assumed a human body to remove the sufferings of men. He moved about just as a king walks through his city in disguise, and He left the world as soon as His identity was discovered. HOLY MOTHER SRI SARADA DEVI

Shun all lowness, narrowness, and shallowness in religious thought and experience. Be wider than the widest horizons, be more profound than the deepest oceans. SRI AUROBINDO

God is the only existence that is real; all other existences are unreality behind which God exists as the reality. SWAMI RAMAKRISHNANANDA

Do not love leisure. Waste not a minute. Be bold. Realize the Truth, here and now! SWAMI SIVANANDA SARASWATI

Have firm faith in the words of your Guru, and try to get absorbed in deep meditation. Be sure, sooner or later you will have a vision of the Lord. SWAMI BRAHMANANDA

Undertake only those works that present themselves to you and are of pressing necessity and also those in a spirit of detachment. It is not good to become involved in many activities. That makes one forget God. BHAGAWAN SRI RAMAKRISHNA

As your attachment to the world diminishes, your spiritual knowledge will increase. Attachment to the world means attachment to 'lust and greed.' BHAGAVAN SRI RAMAKRISHNA

The only way out is to think of Her, night and day, to surrender ourselves to Her unreservedly, with the determination to free ourselves from passions, and to effect a complete suppression of them. SWAMI VIJNANANANDA

Use your power of discrimination to move within yourself. Always seek and desire happiness, which is your true state. Since happiness is your true state, it can never burden you, while sorrow, which is not your true nature, is a real burden. SRI ADI SHANKARACHARYA

The more love you develop for the goal & the more you understand the need for the various disciplines & spiritual practices, the easier it will be to adhere to those disciplines & practices. The love for the goal is what gives enthusiasm, energy, and vitality in your practices.

He on whom the grace of the Master has fallen alone knows him to be God Himself. And remember, that is the only happiness. HOLY MOTHER SRI SARADA DEVI

The Guru's blessings help one in one's spiritual endeavor. By Mother's grace you have it already. Now dive deep into prayer, meditation, etc. Engage yourself in japa and meditation. MAHAPURUSH SWAMI SHIVANANDA

You will find that there are many subtle impressions and habits of thought and action lying dormant and hidden in the subconscious regions of the mind. Analyze yourself in solitude, find out the obstacles, and then struggle without compromise to remove them. SWAMI PREMANANDA

Let your mind be like a beautiful flower that may be offered to the Lord in worship. In very truth, man’s sole duty is the search after Self-realization. SRI ANANDAMAYI MA