Quotes from Sivaya Subramuniyaswami

Listen for silence in noisy places; feel at peace in the midst of disturbance; awaken joy when there is no reason.

Be equal to whatever you meet! That is a better way to react to life. It is accomplished simply by meeting everything in understanding, by demanding understanding from within yourself.

Giving is an essential for spiritual unfoldment, for until we give and give abundantly, we don't really realize that we are not the giver; we are just a channel for giving.

Spiritual destiny is manifested in the lives of those who stand out from the masses and actually do something, who live a creative life for the benefit of others.

The object in being on the spiritual path is not to have just a little influx of energy, but to be the energy itself - consciously.

The mind is vast in its combinations of time, space and form. It contains every vibration from subtle to gross.

You don't discipline yourself to attain the feeling of love. You attain the feeling of love and then you want to discipline yourself because you love the discipline, because it brings more love.

It is the interplay between our experience and how we respond to it that makes karma devastating or helpfully invigorating.