"All businesses have two sons, one’s name is profit and the other’s name is loss. No one likes the son named loss, but nevertheless both will be there. They will always be born."

"The Lord (Lord Mahavira) says that if you want moksha, go to a Gnani Purush and if you want worldly happiness, then serve your parents and your guru. Endless happiness can be attained by taking care of your parents."

"There is no need to carry a burden over money. When the bank balance grows he breathes a sigh of satisfaction and when there is a deficit he becomes sad and unhappy. There is nothing in this world worth breathing a sigh of satisfaction, because everything is temporary."

"What is the natural law of money? It says, ‘Do not detain and hoard me. Circulate me. Give away as much as comes your way."

"Do not obstruct money if it comes your way and do not go digging for it if it does not."

"There are two gurus for a greedy person: a trickster and a loss. If a greedy person incurs a loss, the loss will demolish his tuber of greed very quickly."

"The husband starts complaining about a meal that is not to his liking. Developed people would set aside what they do not like, and eat the rest. Can this not be done? That is a family life."

"Service to society, to some extent, destroys the ‘my’ (mamata; ‘my-ness’). When ‘my’ is completely destroyed, then You will become the absolute Self (parmatma)! Then bliss is inevitable!"

"A person whose intentions are to serve others will be rewarded with worldly happiness; and the one who has intentions to hurt will be punished with worldly unhappiness. However, the Self cannot be attained through serving others. Until one attains the Self, one should maintain an obliging nature."

"What does “my family” mean? It should mean, “We do not have any conflicts.” You should adjust. You should know how to adjust within your family. Adjust everywhere."

"If your wife gets upset with you, wait a while and then say to her, “No matter what you say to me and no matter how upset you get with me, I miss you when you are not around!” Tell your wife that you don’t like being separated from her. Just go ahead and say this ‘Guru Mantra’ (words that give results)."

"God will not stay wherever there are quarrels."

"There is an intention behind everything. If your intention is to serve others, then you will receive money as a byproduct. Use whatever skills you have to serve others. This should be your only goal."

"You get good meals to eat, you wear beautiful jewellery, and yet you quarrel. You quarrel because you do not know how to live life; you do not know the art of living. This is what causes quarrels."

"Patience is adherence to the ordinance of the Book (Quran) and the Sunnah."

"Whoever genuinely trusts in God when dealing with himself will also trust in God when dealing with others."

"Excess of knowledge does not make one great scholar, rather savant is that, who acting on his knowledge adheres to Sunnah may amount of his knowledge be little."

"Defer not the date of repentance for sins and confession in the hope of grace or longevity of life."

"Depend more on the promises of God than those of men."

"When once death has arrived, it does not return. So ever remain ready for it."

"There are three things which a man in bound to practice. Whosoever neglects any one of them must need neglect them all, and whosoever cleaves to any one of them much needs cleave to them all. Strive therefore, to understand, and consider heedfully."

"As long as the heart of man remains engrossed in recollection of God he is in prayer may he be in the bazaar. If his lips are too busy in dhikr; it would be much better."

"That servant who is claimant of Divine knowledge but seeks peace in other than God, is entrapped in severe affliction. But when comely he seeks forgiveness of the Almighty, his affliction is eliminated."

"If you desire purification of the heart then shut your eye from the corporeal world. This is the hole through which heart is defiled."

"Worship of God which is done for ostentation is submerged in the earth. And that which is done for God's sake ascends to celestial spheres."

"For the gnostic of God it is highly irksome to sit and talk with the created beings."

"Who grumbles at the descent of affliction is like one who holds spear is his hand and fight with the Lord."

"Whose inner state is better than his outer state, is friend of God. Whose inner and outer states are alike, is savant. And whose outer condition is better than his interior, is ignorant and cunning."

"If you seek a friend, Allah Most High is sufficient for you. If we seek comrade, Kiraman Katibin (recording angels) are enough. If you seek consoler, the Holy Quran is enough. If you need work, His worship is enough. If you desire sermon, death is enough. And whatever is said to you is looked undesirable, then Hell is enough for you."

"The best atonement for the greater sins if to help the needy and down-trodden folk."

"Intelligent person, in true sense is that who abdicates the world before it deserts him."

"For the people of the world sleep is more profitable than to keep awake, for then they keep off worldly discourses during sleep."

"God hath made the pious living in their death and hath made the wicked dead during their lives, i.e., the pious, though they be dead, yet live, since the angels utter blessings on their piety until they are made immortal by the recompense which they receive at the Resurrection."

"The savant whose learning pursuits the Almighty God, all people hold reverential fear of him, and he whose objective is worldly gain, is afraid of the people."

"If the claimant of Divine knowledge does not alienate himself from the common folk, Allah Most High separates him from His mercy making him lustful, so much so people hate him. He loses world and faith."

"Worse than sin against God is sin against man."

"Whoever comes to repent before death is not late."

"If one tear falls on account of fear of God, it is better then fasting throughout life."

"He who spends life in remoteness is much better, for it was the practice of the foremost saintly people. They liked to live comely instead of grandeur."

"The king who seeks company of the ascetics is superior to that ascetic who seeks nearness of the king."

"Moaning and wailing have ten kinds of which nine are full of showoff and only one kind is full of reality."

"Flesh eaters are those who backbite; they eat human flesh."

"There is a punishment for all things. The punishments for the gnostic is to be cut off from His remembrance."

"Someone asked: "What is meaning of certainty? " He replied, it is the name of inner voice, and the folk of certainty arrive at the gnosis. And the meaning of certainty is that every affliction be considered sent by Allah."

"Five souls are the most dignified in creation: a scholar who is not self-indulgent (moderate), a Sufi jurisprudent, a humble rich person, a thankful poor one, and a noble who follows the Sunnah."

"Renunciation of the world is reduction of hope for worldly gain, not eating coarse foods or wearing a rough cloak."

"Sell not the friendship of the Lord for the friendship of the world and its possessions."

"I have never seen anything easier than abstaining. Whatever yourself devises, abandon it."

"I fear to accept anything from anybody lest my heart should start cherishing love for that person. I desire only to live in His thoughts."

"Brother Andre's life shows us the power of faith and the importance of concern for the sick and others in need."