1

Self stands as a wall between man and God.

2

It is a patient pursuit to bring water from the depth of the ground,
one has to deal with much mud in digging before one reaches the water of life.

3

In man's search for Truth the first lesson and the last is love.
There must be no separation, no "I am, and thou art not".
Until man has arrived at that selfless consciousness, he cannot know Life and Truth.

4

By the power of prayer man opens the door of the heart
in which God, the Ever-Forgiving, the All-Merciful, abides.

5

To be really sorry for one's errors is like opening the door of Heaven.

6

As life is full of thorns, try to make of yourself a rose.

7

As a child learning to walk falls a thousand times before he can stand,
and after that falls again and again until at last he can walk,
so are we as little children before God.

8

Self-denial is not renouncing things, it is denying the self;
and the first lesson of self-denial is humility.

9

Observe all that is beautiful but stay at a distance,
by getting close to it you limit your vision of beauty.

10

Mastery lies not merely in stilling the mind, but in directing it towards whatever point you desire.

11

A good deed is what begins in pleasure, continues in joy, and results in happiness.

12

When the mind and body are restless, nothing in life can be accomplished.
Success is the result of control.

13

When speech is controlled, the eyes speak; the glance says what words can never say.

14

Words are but the shells of thoughts and feelings.

15

Wisdom is not in words, it is in understanding.

16

The message of God is like a spring of water: it rises and falls and makes its way by itself.

17

If the eyes and ears are open, the leaves of the trees become as pages of the Bible.

18

The soul of all is one soul, and the Truth is one Truth under whatever religion it is hidden.

19

Narrowness is not necessarily devotion, but often appears so.

20

It is the soul's light which is natural intelligence.

21

The wave is the sea itself. Yet when it rises in the form of a wave, it is the wave;
and when you look at the whole of it, it is the sea.

22

It is not the solid wood that can become a flute, it is the empty reed.

23

Reason is learned from the ever-changing world;
but true knowledge comes from the essence of life.

24

God is within you; you are His instruments,
and through you He expresses Himself to the external world.

25

It is according to the extent of our consciousness of prayer that our prayer reaches God.

26

The heart must be empty in order to receive the knowledge of God.

27

Once you have given up your limited self willingly to the Unlimited,
you will rejoice so much in that consciousness that you will not care to be small again.

29

The deeper your prayers echo in your own consciousness, the more audible they are to God.

30

It is the depth of thought that is powerful, and sincerity of feeling which creates atmosphere.