"Without the 'I' there can be no 'YOU' outside.From this some philosophers came to the conclusion that the external world did not exist save in the subject;that the 'YOU' existed only in the 'I'.Others have argued that the 'I' can only be known through the 'YOu' and with equal logic.These two views are partial truths,each wrong in part and each right in part.Thought is as much material and as much in nature as body is.Both matter and mind exist is a third,a unity which divides itself into the two.This unity is the Atman,the real self."

"Desire is the root cause of all suffering and turbulence of the mind.He who subdues his mind is free from the clutches of maya(maya,the temptor).He therefore advocates right-knowledge,right thinking,right speech, right action,right livelihood,right effort,right-fold path to control the desires,to subjugate the mind and on to Nirvana."

"Like a Washerman the master,
  And like dirty cloth the seeker;
He's washed on the slab of attention,
  with the soap of deep meditation;
Thus of all impurities are cleared,
  pure,immaculate,mind is rendered."

"Do not wish evil for anyone.
This is ahimsa of thought.
Do not speak harshly of anyone.
This is ahimsa of speech.
Do not obstruct any one's work.
This is ahimsa of action."

"A little practice is better than theory.What use is it to know the principles if one does not apply them in one's practical life?Example is better than precept.King Ravana of Srilanka was a learned scholar and a renowned pundit but met with an ill-fate only because his knowledge and wisdom were never put to practice."

"Sacrifice on God's after earth's purest and best.He who struggles is better than he who never attempts.Even to look on one who has given up has a purifying effect.Stand up for God,let the world go.Have no compromise.Give up the world, then alone you are loosened from the body.When it dies,you are azad,free.Be free.Death alone can never free us.Freedom must be attained by our own efforts during life;then,when the body falls,there will be no rebirth for the free."

"Undoubtedly this restless mind,
   Is very difficult to restrain and bind.
But by constant practice and renunciation,
   It can be subdued to perfection."

"Anger causes delusion and,
   that causes loss of memory;
Failed memory ruins discrimination,
   And the man Perishes finally."

"The Senses of one who is always of unrestrained mind and devoid of right understanding become uncontrolled like the wild horses of a charioteer.But of one who is always of restrined mind and has right understanding,the senses are controlled like the good and mild horses of a charioteer.He,who is devoid of higher understanding,is thoughtless and always impure,never attains the goal,he gets into the round of births and deaths.But he who is intelligent,ever pure and controlled in mind,reaches that goal whence none is born again.The man who has intelligence for his charioteer and the mind for well-controlled rein,attains the end of the journey-the supreme state of the all-pervading self."

"If love can be had for head,
   Strike the bargain,cower not.
Head given,beloved got,
   Is it not so,cheaply bought."

"A person who abandons all his desires,performs all work yet never aspires;without any I-ness or mineness sense, real peace of mind he verily attains."

"The mind in its original
   place and in itself
can make a heaven of hell,
   and a hell of heaven."

"The passions-Lust,Anger,Greed,Attachment and Ego are the five foes of the Soul,always trying to overpower it,thereby jeopardising its proper functioning.When the lake of mind is still and calm,it reflects the light of the self;otherwise in the clutches of passions,it remains restless and in a tumult.It is,therefore,important to still the mind and achieve steadiness in it."