"If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character." — Swami Sivananda

Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for action. Desire in the mind is the real impurity. Even a spark of desire is a very great evil.

It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.

A desire arises in the mind. It is satisfied immediately another comes. In the interval which separates two desires a perfect calm reigns in the mind. It is at this moment freed from all thought, love or hate. Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves.

Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred.