We are kept from our goal not by obstacles but by a clear path to a lesser goal.

We behold what we are, and we are what we behold.

Set thy heart upon thy work, but never on its reward.

I have become Death, the destroyer of worlds.

The peace of God is with them whose mind and soul are in harmony, who are free from desire and wrath, who know their own soul.

Curving back within myself I create again and again.

No one who does good work will ever come to a bad end, either here or in the world to come.

It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else’s life with perfection.

Better than mechanical practice is knowledge.Better than knowledge is meditation.

The spirit is beyond destruction. No one can bring an end to the spirit which is everlasting.

Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.

You are only entitled to the action, never to its fruits.

Arise, slay thy enemies, enjoy a prosperous kingdom.

One who sees inaction in action, and action in inaction, is intelligent among men.

The mind acts like an enemy for those who do not control it.

He who is deluded by the ego thinks, I am the doer.

There is nothing lost or wasted in this life.

Perform your obligatory duty, because action is indeed better than inaction.

The wise work for the welfare of the world, without thought for themselves.