“Whatever is destined not to happen will not happen, try as you may. Whatever is destined to happen will happen, do what you may to prevent it. This is certain. The best course, therefore, is to remain silent.”

“Time is only an idea. There is only the Reality Whatever youthink it is, it looks like that. If you call it time, it is time. If youcall it existence, it is existence, and so on. After calling it time, youdivide it into days and nights, months, years, hours, minutes, etc.Time is immaterial for the Path of Knowledge. But some of theserules and discipline are good for beginners.”

“All are gurus to us, the wicked by their evil deeds say 'do not come near me'. the good are always good, therefore all are like gurus to us.”

“What is illusion?M.: To whom is the illusion? Find it out. Then illusion will vanish.Generally people want to know about illusion and do not examineto whom it is. It is foolish. Illusion is outside and unknown. Butthe seeker is considered to be known and is inside. Find out whatis immediate, intimate, instead of trying to find out what is distantand unknown.”

“The pure mind is itself Brahman; it therefore follows that Brahman is not other than the mind of the sage.”

“Wanting to reform the world without discovering one's true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes.”

“If the mind falls asleep, awaken it. Then if it starts wandering, make it quiet. If you reach the state where there is neither sleep nor movement of mind, stay still in that, the natural (real) state.”