Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

"One must have faith in the Guru's words. The Guru is none other than Satchidãnanda. God Himself is the Guru. If you only believe in his words like a child, you will realize God. What faith a child has! When a child's mother says to him about a certain man, 'He is your brother', the child believes he really is his brother. The child believes it one hundred and twenty-five percent, though he may be the son of a Brahmin, and the man the son of a blacksmith. The mother says to the child, 'There is a bugaboo in that room', and the child really believes there is a bugaboo in the room. Such is the faith of a child! One must have this childlike faith in the Guru's words. God cannot be realized by a mind that is hypocritical, calculating, or argumentative. One must have faith and sincerity. Hypocrisy will not do. To the sincere, God is very near; but He is far, far away from the hypocrite."
(Courtesy - The Gospel of Sri Ramkrishna)

Vivekananda

"Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. Neither need we trouble ourselves if a few fail. It is in the nature of things that many should fall, that troubles should come, that tremendous difficulties should arise, that selfishness and all other devils in the human heart should struggle hard when they are about to be driven out by the fire of spirituality. The road to the Good is the roughest and steepest in the universe. It is a wonder that so many succeed, no wonder that so many fall. Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles."
(Courtesy - 'My Faithful Goodwin')

Mother Sãrada devi

"If you want peace don't find fault with others, but find fault rather with yourself. Learn to make the world your own. Nobody is a stranger, my dear; the world is yours."
(Courtesy - Holy Mother Sri Sãrada Devi by Swami Ghambhirananda)

Sri Swami Purushottamãnanda Maharaj of Vasishta Guha

"The object of kirtan, bhajan, puja is to take the mind to the Lord. The mind is always going out. It is very difficult to control it. So, these are the means to take the mind inside. As the lovers think of their beloved while eating, drinking or playing and as the misers think of their wealth, those who want to advance spiritually must think of the Lord in the same way. They must think of the Lord and Lord alone. There should be no room for any other thought. Place a signboard 'No entry; the door is closed.'"
(Courtesy - 81st birthday message on 8th December, 1959 from the "Smãrika 2004")

Yogi Ramsuratkumãr, the God-child of Tiruvannãmalai

"If one desires happiness he should please God. And, the means to please God is to always chant His Divine Name!"

Shirdi Mahatma

"Divine Knowledge is to be realized, not taught. Prostration, enquiry and service are the methods by which to obtain the Grace of the Guru."
(Courtesy - The Incredible Sai Baba by Arthur Osbore)

Thiruvarutprakãsa Vallalãr

"The Sage is enlightened, not for his personal salvation. He is only an instrument with which the Effulgence purifies the stain of the world, enlightens it and makes it a happy abode for beings. A world of ideal Sanmarga.
(Courtesy 'Arut Perunjothi Agaval' by Swami Saravanananda [English rendering])

Bhagavãn Sri Ramana Maharshi

"You who wish to celebrate a birthday, inquire first who was born. One's true birthday is when one enters into the Eternal Being which shines for ever without birth or death."
(Courtesy - Five hymns to Arunachala and other poems of Sri Ramana Maharshi)

Kanchi Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi (Maha Periyava)

"Rama Nãma is divine nectar. Ramayana is divine nectar. Rama Himself is divine nectar. Don't we even name (a child) 'Ramãmrutham'? Can you find the name 'Krishnamrutham' or 'Sivãmrutham'? Well! How is it that in Rama alone is found this sweetness of nectar? Was He not born off 'pãyasam'? Did not Kausalya conceive and give birth to Him after drinking the holy 'pãyasa' prasad that was received during the 'putra kãmeshtti yãga'? Does not Purandara dasa sing, 'Rama Nãma payasakke' (to the 'pãyasa' of Rama's Name)? We speak of the very Name of Rama tasting sweet like the sugar candy. Is not sugar candy the sweet got out of squeezing sugarcane!
Innumerable poets have sung on Rama or the whole Ramayana in all the languages of the country. What is the reason for this? Though there be any number of sweet dishes viz. laddu, jilebi, halwa, etc., is not sugar the one basic ingredient to be added to them all? It is verily Rama who is that sugar!"

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