Great Throughts Treasury

"You have no idea how much you do for mankind when you love God unconditionally; even for a fleeting moment."

"You have to treasure hope and promise at every moment. It is with hope and promise that you can think of Infinity and it is only with Infinity that you can fulfill the message of Infinity."

"You may not know, but it is absolutely true: with each heartbeat your heart is calling: 'God, God!' You may not hear it, but God Himself definitely hears your heart's cry."

"You must never forget that greatness does not guarantee happiness but goodness always does"

"You will say that because there is life, there is hope. You are right. But I wish to add something. Because there is hope, we live eternally — in the inner world, in the outer world, or in both worlds. You will say that hope sees illumining light in teeming darkness. You are perfectly right. But I wish to add something. Hope is itself the light that illumines darkness. I love hope. I may not love God, but in the inmost recesses of my being, in the inmost recesses of my heart, I feel that God loves me. Whether I love God or not, God loves me: this is my fervent hope. I may not care for God, but I do feel in all sincerity that God cares for me. Whether I care for God or not, God cares for me: this is my fervent hope."

"Your defeats in life's battlefield will soon be ending, because your mind is no longer indifferent to your heart's spontaneous enthusiasm."

"Your mind has a flood of questions. There is but one teacher who can answer them. Who is that teacher? Your silence-loving heart."

"Your self-transcendence-goal is not something that you have to achieve. It was already given to you long ago by your Beloved Supreme. You have only to believe it. You have only to receive it."

"Your soul has a special mission. Your soul is supremely conscious of it. Maya, illusion or forgetfulness, makes you feel that you are finite, weak and helpless. This is not true. You are not the body. You are not the senses. You are not the mind. These are all limited. You are the soul, which is unlimited. Your soul is infinitely powerful. Your soul defies all time and space."