Sri Sarada Devi

"If you want to realize God, you must cultivate love."

"Don't seek illumination unless you seek it as a man whose hair is on fire seeks a pond."

"The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail."

"When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited."

"God can be realized through all paths."

"The breeze of His grace is always blowing; you need only spread your sail."

"When the lotus blooms, the bees come without being called."

"God is in all men, but all men are not in God."

"Arise, awake, and stop not until the goal is reached."

"All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything."

"Know that the greatest religion is to be true to this dharma."

"The great secret is not to kill the ego but to transcend it."

"Love is the bridge between you and everything."

"Whatever you do for others, you do for yourself."

"Perfection is not for this life, but for the life hereafter."

"The moment I have realized the worth of my life, I have chosen to live it fearlessly."

"The greatest truths are the simplest things in the world, simple as your own existence."

"Blessed are they whose bodies are diseased but whose minds are at peace."

"All love is expansion, all selfishness is contraction."

"You cannot believe in yourself until you believe in something greater than yourself."

"Each soul is potentially divine. The goal is to manifest this divinity within."

"The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature; have faith in yourselves."

"Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life."

"Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being?"

"They alone live who live for others."

"Comfort and pleasures fade away; what remains is the satisfaction of duty."

"The great truths are the simple things in the world, simple as your own existence."

"All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind."

"Education is the manifestation of perfection already in man."

"The greatest religion is to be true to this dharma—truth."