The basic idea underlying religion is to create an atmosphere for the spiritual development of the individual. This being the situation, it is clear that you cannot develop your personality at all in Hinduism.

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

Spiritual strength and passion, when accompanied by bad manners, only provoke loathing.

If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone. There is no companionship with the immature.

To insist on a spiritual practice that served you in the past is to carry the raft on your back after you have crossed the river.

If you meditate earnestly, pure in mind and kind in deeds, leading a disciplined life in harmony with the dharma, you will grow in glory. If you meditate earnestly, through spiritual disciplines you can make an island for yourself that no flood can overwhelm.