Building a noble character requires the elimination of detrimental habits and installation of beneficial ones. Without success in this, we will remain fettered slaves of our mind and senses.

In Bhakti, you can provide to your mind the names, forms, virtues, pastimes, and attributes of the Lord, and thereby dovetail it in the direction of the Divine.

The principle of karm yog says: Keep your mind attached to the Lord alone nowhere else in the world and continue doing your work.

Attachment to results is what causes stress in the world. If we can learn to detach ourselves from the fruits of our efforts, we will become stress-free.

Knowledge of the nature of the self is the basis for the spiritual path. When we are the soul, not the body, our goal is God, not the world.

मन एक उपजाऊ खेत की तरह है। यदि उसकी सही देखभाल की जाए, तो उसमें सुंदर पौधे और मनोहर फूल खिलते हैं। लेकिन अगर उसे अनदेखा छोड़ दिया जाए, तो उसमें जंगली खरपतवार और काँटेदार झाड़ियाँ उग आती हैं।

The mind is like a fertile field. If you cultivate it well, it blossoms with attractive plants and beautiful flowers. But if neglected, the outcome is terrible: wild weeds and thorny shrubs!

अपने मन का भाव चुनने की स्वतंत्रता ही आध्यात्मिक विकास की नींव है।