Swami Sivananda O Man! O ignorant man! O arrogant, impertinent man! You have wasted your life-time. Now at least spend your life of retirement usefully in Japa, Kirtan, meditation and selfless service.

The greatest obstacles to Self-realisation are desire for property, desire for wealth and desire for name and fame. Desire is born of ignorance. The fundamental desire is the urge for mate. Destruction of desire is destruction of ignorance.

Divine Life is a life of love, wisdom and light.

Nothing is lost when the candle burns. No spiritual effort goes in vain.

Make discrimination-cum-non-attachment your sword to cut the tree of Samsara(the karmic cycle of birth and death)

If you can get over the thirst for carnal pleasures in life, you have almost conquered all your enemies.