Some favorite quotes from His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Perfect virtue is never doing anything that will cause another to suffer.

Let us be in love with all around us. Let us in love resolve to be in love, for love is life, and certainly we do not want to step out of life. So let us in love resolve to remain in love and let us never step out of the boundaries of lovingness. For in love dwells the power of God, the power of creation, wisdom of life and the strength of all good. Certainly our life has to be all in love.

When we want to increase friendship we don't have to talk. Feel a warm feeling inside. Increased feeling of warmth will increase the friendship astonishingly because that is the field of infinite correlation.

We are born to bless, never to punish. This you should never forget.Every time you show love to your fellow man, an angel descends from heaven and makes a record.

On the platform of Reality, on the platform of spirituality, on the platform of oneness of life, all differences dissolve.

Not finding fault and not speaking ill of others is counted as an essential prerequisite to the realization of God and freedom from bondage. When a man speaks ill of others, he partakes of the sins of those of whom he speaks. Such a man thus draws more and more bad influence to himself; that is, he falls deeper into impurity.

We should always see good in others--very important. We are not in a position to criticize anyone. The existence of enemies means for us that friendliness has not been sufficient. God helps those who help themselves. It is a very true saying. We are aware of darkness, but for our community we want enlightenment.

Do not oppose, because in opposing the tenderness of the feeling level is crushed. All action should be to nourish the fine feeling developed in the sidhis [one of Maharishi’s meditation techniques]. That is why we say speak the truth but see that you are speaking delicately. Do not speak non-truth and do not speak in a non-sweet way, so that the feeling is nourished. The whole effect of activity is to enrich the feeling of the other. Be as delicate as possible. If communication accomplishes something on the gross but damages something on the level of feeling, then it is a spiritual loss. The feeling is more important for life. Nourishment of the feeling level is the basis for growth of the spiritual, holistic value. Delicate behavior on the surface should be such as to nourish, uphold and enhance the transcendental value where feelings merge into a common source. Do not oppose. Opposition is dangerous to immortality.

We don’t go by what the world has been. We go by what the world should be.What we have been saying from the beginning of the movement has been unbelievable, but it has come to be believed. We have been impossible right from the beginning, and we must continue to be impossible because we are raising a voice against suffering which has been considered to be the nature of life. It is our joy to be considered impossible.

It is the focus on the highest ideal day after day that saves life from being wrapped up in small whirlwinds.

Until one is committed, there is hesitation, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, the providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issue from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way (quoting Goethe).

The great, mighty current of evolution which is advancing the life of everything in creation is simply invincible--no one can resist it.

My Guru is more than my God to me, for without him I would not have known God.
We are going to realize the greatest dream of all ages.