13 Quotes by Swami Prabhavananda

As the sun, revealer of all objects to the seer, is not harmed by the sinful eye, nor by the impurities of the objects it gazes on, so the one Self, dwelling in all, is not touched by the evils of the world. (The Upanishads: Breath of the Eternal, pg. 35)

As fire, though one, takes the shape of every object which it consumes, so the Self, though one, takes the shape of every object in which it dwells. (The Upanishads: Breath of the Eternal, pg. 35)

I cannot say that I know Brahman fully.Nor can I say that I know him not....Nor do I know that I know him not.

That which is not comprehended by the mind but by which the mind comprehends—know that...

The little space within the heart is as great as the vast universe. The heavens and the earth are there, and the sun and the moon and the stars. Fire and lightening and winds are there, and all that now is and all that is not.

To darkness are they doomed who worship only the body, and to greater darkness they who worship only the spirit.

Thou art imperishable. Thou art changeless reality. Thou art the source of life.

A man is above all his will

The mind is like a lake lashed into waves. Make the water of the lake clear and calm.