1. “As a man can drink water from any side of a full tank, so the skilled theologian can wrest from any scripture that which will serve his purpose.”
2. “As in this body, there are for the embodied one childhood, youth, old age, even so is there the taking on of another body.”
3. ”At the dawning of that day all objects in manifestation stream forth from the Unmanifest, and when evening falls they are dissolved into It again. The same multitude of beings, which have lived on earth so often, all are.”
4. "Fear not what is not real, never was and never will be. What is real, always was and cannot be destroyed."
5. ”For certain is death for the born And certain is birth for the dead; Therefore over the inevitable Thou shouldst not grieve.”
6. “Governing sense, mind and intellect, intent on liberation, free from desire, fear and anger, the sage is forever free."
7. “Having seen this terrible form of Mine do not be afraid or bewildered. Rid of fear, with a cheeful heart, now behold again My previous form.”
8. “He who sees me in all things, and all things in me, is never far from me, and I am never far from him.”
9. “I am pleased to see this universal form which was never seen by me before, and at the same time my mind is terrified with fear. Therefore, please reveal to me Your previous form. O God of Gods, O Refuge of the Universe, be gracious to me.”
10. ”If the radiance of a thousand suns
Were to burst at once into the sky
That would be like the splendor of the Mighty one ...
I am become Death,
The shatterer of Worlds.”
11. “It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins.”
12. “Knowledge, the object of knowledge and the knower are the three factors which motivate action; the senses, the work and the doer comprise the threefold basis of action.”
13. ”Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.”
14. “No matter what conditions you encounter in life, your right is only to the works--not to the fruits thereof. You should not be impelled to act for selfish reasons, nor should you be attached to inaction.”
15. "Offer unto me that which is very dear to thee -- which thou holdest most covetable. Infinite are the results of such an offering."
16. ”One who sees inaction in action, and action in inaction, is intelligent among men.”
17. “Out of Compassion for them, I, dwelling in their hearts, destroy with the shining lamp of knowledge the darkness born of ignorance.”
18. "Still your mind in me, still yourself in me, and without a doubt you shall be united with me, Lord of Love, dwelling in your heart."
19. "The body is mortal, but the person dwelling in the body is immortal and immeasurable."
20. ”That man, whom these [sense-contacts] do not trouble, O chief of men, to whom pleasure and pain are alike, who is wise - he becomes eligible for immortality.”
21. "That one I love who is incapable of ill will, and returns love for hatred. Living beyond the reach of I and mind, and of pain and pleasure, full of mercy, contented, self-controlled, with all his heart and all his mind given to Me -- with such a one I am in love."
22. “That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths are self-evident.”
23. ”The embodied one within the body of everyone, O Bharata, is ever undestroyable. Therefore you should not grieve for any being.”
24. “The non permanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of summer and winter seasons.”
25. "There has never been a time when you and I have not existed, nor will there be a time when we will cease to exist. As the same person inhabits the body through childhood, youth, and old age, so too at the time of death he attains another body. The wise are not deluded by these changes."
26. "The sage awakes to light in the night of all creatures. That which the world calls day is the night of ignorance to the wise."
27. ”They all attain perfection When they find joy in their work.”
28. “To love is to know Me,
My innermost nature,
The truth that I am.”
29. ”Valour, glory, firmness, skill, generosity, steadiness in battle and ability to rule - these constitute the duty of a soldier. They flow from his own nature.”
30. "Whatever I am offered in devotion with a pure heart -- a leaf, a flower, fruit, or water -- I accept with joy."
31. “When a man dwells on the objects of sense, he creates an attraction for them; attraction develops into desire, and desire breeds anger.”
32. “Whenever virtue declines and unrighteousness rises, I manifest Myself as an embodied being. To protect the Saints and Sages, to destroy the evil-doers and to establish Dharma(righteousness), I am born from age to age.”
33. ”When one draws in, on every side, the sense-organs from the objects of sense as a tortoise draws in its limbs from every side - then his wisdom becomes steadfast.”
34. "When the senses contact sense objects, a person experiences cold or heat, pleasure or pain. These experiences are fleeting they come and go. Bear them patiently."
35. “You are the first among the gods, the timeless spirit, the resting place of all beings. You are the knower and the thing which is known. You are the final home; with your infinite form you pervade the cosmos.”
