Life should not be frittered away in accumulating riches; it should be spent in knowing about the glory of God and in realising Him in the innermost being of oneself. No other intellectual exercise can give such joy. To discard this attempt as only seeking to discover the unknowable, as some men are prone to argue, is the height of foolishness. They are labelling the true as ‘trash’, and cherishing the trash as ‘true’. (SSS Vol.4, p. 143)

All the time and energy spent in pursuing the Shastras are a sheer waste, if study and reflection do not help you to recognise that the mind is worse than a drunken monkey. (SSS Vol.1)

Consider that the allotted span of life is being spent away every moment. In fact, life is an oblation poured in the Fire of Time. The Sun when it rises and sets is stealing fractions of your life day by day, relentlessly, steadily, uninterruptedly. So make the best use of the time you have. (SSS Vol.2)

one has to realise the purpose and sanctify his life. Our education, our work and the money we earn, all these must be spent in a purposeful way. (SSS Vol.37)

An enormous amount of time is spent on understanding other things, but man cannot find the time to know himself. Whatever one s scholarship, intelligence or position, he cannot have peace of mind and happiness if he does not know his real Self. (SSS Vol.23)