True realisation of the actual nature of this material world, its perishable, transitory and illusory aspects best dawns on a person in suffering.
A circle is the reflection of eternity. It has no beginning and it has no end - and if you put several circles over each other, then you get a spiral.
You have come from God, you are a spark of His Glory, you are a wave of that Ocean of Bliss; you will get peace only when you again merge in Him.
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
The best things are never arrived at in haste. God is in no hurry; His plans are never rushed.
By degrees, little by little, from time to time, a wise person should remove his own impurities as a smith removes the dross from silver.
God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages.

