"But the fact is, no one knew the existence of this universal force, though it was there along with the Earth! The force was operating even when man was unaware of it."

"Recognize the existence of the Moral Law as governing results. Then unswervingly follow this Law."

"Love with no expectation of return."

"Every experience is a lesson, every loss is a gain."

"To remove the evil of egoism, service is the most efficient instrument."

"Friends who drag one away into evil habits and vicious deeds, are prowling around in search of victims."

"Renunciation is the power of battling against evil forces and holding the mind in check."

"Service is your only duty."

"A son has no greater duty, no higher good, than serving his parents."

"When the coaches receives from you such treatment, how much worse treatment you deserve for not fulfilling your duty and for disappointing the expectations that you have raised by your being a man?"

"Let God work through you and there will be no more duty. Let God shine forth. Let God show Himself. Live God, Eat God. Drink God. Breathe God. Realize the Truth and the other things will take care of themselves."

"Your duty is to pray for the welfare of the world and to work for it as far as it lies in your power."

"Duty is God; Work is worship. Even the tiniest work is a flower placed at the Feet of God."

"What is our duty? To behave properly. That is enough."

"Work disinterestedly. Content to do one's duty as best as one can."

"Your duty is to serve, not search for faults."

"No matter where you go, always do your duty as you see it and know that I will be there inside you guiding you every step of the way...There is no need to worry about anything. Whatever is experienced, whatever happens, know that this Avatar willed it so. There is no force on earth which can delay for an instant the mission for which this Avatar has come. You are all sacred souls and you will have your parts to play in the unfolding drama of the new Golden Age, which is coming."

"Nature can be modified by nurture; even dogs can cease to relish meat when they are trained to relish only vegetarian food."

"Dogs may bark and jackals howl; but Truth moves Majestically forward."

"Mankind can find happiness only in unity, not in diversity."

"Patience, Doctors need more patience, not patients."

"If you do not feel the call at the sight of human distress, disease or deviation from the right, how can you muster the determination and dedication necessary to serve the unseen, inscrutable, mysterious God? When you do not love man, your heart will not love God."

"Any incurable disease can be cured through Love."

"Meat and alcoholic drinks take a heavy toll on man's health, causing many a disease in him."

"Evil habits, in which men indulge, are the chief cause of disease in the physical as well as the mental state."

"Duty without LOVE is deplorable, duty with LOVE is desirable, LOVE without duty is divine."

"The home is heaven itself.It is the duty of women to maintain it as such."

"Service is the highest spiritual discipline. Prayer and meditation, or knowledge of scripture and Vedanta (holy scriptures of India), cannot help you reach the goal as quickly as service can. Service has a double effect, it extinguishes the ego and gives bliss."

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

"Discipline is the mark of intelligent living"

"CLEANSE your emotions, passions, impulses, attitudes, and reactions. That is the essence of spiritual discipline as laid down in all Faiths."

"Spiritual education is not a distinct and separate discipline; it is part and parcel of all types and levels of education, In fact, it is the very foundation on which a lasting edifice can be built."

"Now you worship His Form, you repeat His name; ignoring His orders. Without practicing the discipline laid down by Rama to purify the mind, all else is mere show, empty rituals."

"There is no discipline equal to service to smother the ego and to fill the heart with genuine joy. To condemn service as demeaning and inferior is to forego these benefits."

"Spiritual discipline grows only in a field fertilized by Love."

"Do not allow doubt to distract you; if only you will install in the altar of your heart steady faith in My Divinity, you can win a vision of My Reality."

"If you doubt any of these great truths, you are to suffer and grieve."

"You often meet your fate on the road you take to avoid it."

"I've been practicing modalities of Eastern philosophy since about 1972. What I've learned through my meditation is a sense of equanimity, a sense of all things being equal."

"Paparazzi will try to get the most controversial picture of you in a compromising position because that's how they're going to sell it."

"I am compelled to continuously see the bright side. It is in my DNA. My kids look at me and say: 'Mom, you're so happy!' And I do feel happy. I feel joyful inside. I can't explain it."

"We need to habituate better thinking to appreciate more of your day because that has a neurological correlate."

"I want to know where joy lives. I'd interview scientists, religious leaders and heads of state. I'd want to find out exactly what makes people happy. I'd want to look into the biology, the chemistry of the human brain."

"I was born Jewish, and I consider that my religion. But I've studied all religions, and as you learn more, you really learn that everyone's praying to the same God."

"I believe having religion in your life creates the potential for long-lasting relationships."

"Buddhism is really, one of its main practices is understanding and experiencing compassion, and how that ultimately is a road to happiness."

"I've been practicing Buddhism for a while. So, I call myself a Jew-Bu, because my tribe is still Jew. But my philosophy and my practice is really Buddhist."

"Living with God is the true education."

"Good ideas, good conduct and adherence to Truth should result from our education. Only those who acquire these qualities can be called truly educated."

"Education in Human Values is designed to prepare everyone for this life of dedicated service."