Swami Sivananda

Always do good to others. Be selfless. Mentally remove everything and be free. This is divine life. This is the direct way to Moksha or salvation.

The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle.

Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for action. Desire in the mind is the real impurity. Even a spark of desire is a very great evil.

Peace of mind for five minutes, that's what I crave.

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

So we strive for perfection in the areas in which we can control, and that isn't necessarily what provides contentment and joy for ourselves and, more importantly, for our children.