There is a common desire in each and every human mind, and that desire differentiates a human from an animal, a human from a plant. What is that difference? It wants to expand. Secondly, it wants to become one with the Cosmic Entity. Thirdly, it wants to do something noble; and fourthly, it wants peace, supreme peace, undisturbed peace. These are the four special qualifications of human beings. So Yoga is the path of progress, the path of development for each and every human being. In individual life we should practice yoga, and in collective life we should encourage others to practice yoga. It is the panacea of all human ailments, in the physical realm, in the psychic realm and also in the spiritual realm.
(Discourse in Haifa, 1979)

This is from The Thoughts Of PR Sarkar

“You are never alone. You are eternally connected with everyone.”
― Amit Ray

The meaning of spiritual practice is to look upon every human being, every object of this universe as one integral entity. To jeopardize the unity of the human race by creating factions is not the purpose of spirituality (dharma). Those who encourage vested interests survive on the mental weakness of humanity and its dissensions, and that is why they become afraid at the wide spread of the ideals of spirituality and oppose it by all immoral means, such as abuse, wrong propaganda and falsehood. Humanity must not be cowed down by this; it has to march ahead. It is to be borne in mind that hindrances are numerous in the path of righteousness and to continue the fight against them is spiritual practice.
(Ánanda Váńii, May 1957)

“Quiet the mind, and the soul will speak.”
― Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati, The 11 Karmic Spaces: Choosing Freedom from the Patterns That Bind You

It matters not who you love,
where you love,
why you love,
when you love
or how you love,
it matters only that you love.

John Lennon

Train yourself in the ideal of the lily, which blossoms in the mud and has to keep itself engaged in the struggle for existence day in and day out, parrying, bracing and fighting the shocks of muddy water and storms and squalls and sundry other vicissitudes of fortune, and yet it does not forget the moon above. It keeps its love for the moon constantly alive. It seems, however, but a most ordinary flower. There is nothing extraordinary about it. Still, this most ordinary flower has a romantic tie with the great moon. Similarly, you may be an ordinary creature – you may have to pass your days in the ups and downs of your worldly existence – still do not forget that Supreme One. Keep all your desires inclined towards Him. Always keep yourselves merged in His thought. Go deep into the mood of that Infinite Love.
(Subháśita Saḿgraha III, 76)

This is from The Thoughts Of PR Sarkar

No person in this world is powerless. Whoever has come on this earth has been graced with some amount of power. We are walking, talking, condemning, gossiping – we are wasting our time. When the time for work comes, some people say they do not have the capacity to perform the work. But when doing unworthy actions, they demonstrate much power. Whatever power you have, you must utilize it to the utmost. Rest assured that if you apply your power to good works and there is still need for more, the Lord will give you what you need. All powers come from God, whether physical, mental or spiritual. The Lord grants these powers to those who are engaged in working for the welfare of others and performing benevolent deeds. You will not have to ask for powers. You should leave this to the Lord.
(“Iśt́a and Ádarsha”)

A quote from The Thoughts Of PR Sarkar

In our present environment there are many divisive tendencies splitting humanity into mutually belligerent groups. Spirituality must foster a natural affinity among people, to unite all humanity. The approach to spirituality should be psychological. Through rational analysis, humanity should appreciate its relationship with God and recognize the most benevolent kindness of that most beloved Entity. Spirituality should lead human beings to that one Cosmic Truth from Whom they have derived their souls and who is their ultimate destiny. That ultimate and absolute ideal is the Cosmic Ideal – an ideal beyond the scope of time, place and person. It is the Absolute, without and beyond relativity. It stands with Its own radiance for all time and for every entity of the cosmos, whether human being or less evolved soul. The Cosmic Ideal alone can be the unifying force which will strengthen humanity to smash its bondages and abolish the narrow domestic walls of divisive tendencies.
(Idea and Ideology, 89)

“When people are guide by – not guided by, controlled by – dogmas, their dynamism is lost, so they become lifeless. They are worse than dead bodies. So you boys and you girls, you should know that you must never allow any dogma to control you, to make you drift away from your nucleus. Never allow your radius to increase. Always try to decrease your radius. Always try to come in closer and closer proximity to the nucleus of this universe. You may ask, ‘Baba, what is dogma?’ You should remember, you are all educated boys and girls. Dogma is a psychic structure – all ideas are psychic structures – but there must be some flexibility regarding its boundary line. I think some of you have come in contact with our Prout theory. I think you have gone through it. The fifth fundamental principle of Prout says that the style of utilization should vary according to changes in time, space and person. Didn’t I say this? That is, there is – there lies – scope for flexibility because the human mind won’t tolerate anything rigid. It wants movement, but not only movement, it wants accelerated movement. But what is dogma? Dogma is also an idea, but with rigidity of the boundary line. Dogma won’t allow you to go beyond its periphery of that boundary line. That is, dogma goes against the fundamental spirit of the human mind.”

S. P. R. Sarkar
15 September 1979,
Istanbul from “Beware of Dogma”

If people can learn to hate,

they can be taught to love,

for love comes more naturally to the heart than its opposite…

Nelson Mandela