Gems from the Vedanta-22:

You Are That Which Is, Was, and Shall Be, devoid of body or mind or personality when unmanifested and capable, via Full Realization, of being free of body identification and a corrupted “mind” and personas while manifested. You are invited to see how all desire and longing and fear can be transcended when you no longer embrace the limited identity of a physical body or the corrupted “mind” or any fictional personality.

Gems from Swami Vivekananda-55:

All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.

Gems from Sathguru Jaggi Vasudev-13:

Life is far beyond meaning, Life is beyond meaning and that’s why it is so beautiful.

Gems from Jainism-11:

Always speak the truth
Control over oneself is very important
There is no point accumulating loads of wealth that you can’t even spend.
Be honest to all.
Follow the path of non violence.
Be compassionate towards living beings.


Lord Mahavira

Gems from Mata Amritanandamayi-1:

By doing selfless service for at least one day, everyone should help the poor and needy. It is Amma's prayer that at least this small dream be realised.

Gems from the Bible-27:

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear.

Gems from Swami Vivekananda-53:

All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.

Gems from the Buddha-20:

A jug fills drop by drop.

For Spiritual Aspirants-10:

I came across this wonderful article, THE GURU IN HIS ELEMENT, by Poonam Srivastava in the Chennai edition of Deccan Chronicle dated July 18, 2012. It is about Lord Dattatreya who is considered as an amalgamate reincarnation of Brahma, Vishnu and Siva. The most interesting part of the article is about the 24 gurus of Dattatreya. If one has an open mind, one can learn not only from any living being but also from inanimate objects.  All spiritual aspirants could benefit by reading this article. I then searched for details in the Net and found two very good sites with complete details, which I am furnishing below:

Twenty Four Gurus From the Srimad Bhagavatam
http://swamij.com/twenty-four-gurus.htm


Who are Dattatreya's 24 gurus from the site REIKI PATH:
http://www.reikipath.org/miscellaneous-discussion/who-are-dattatreya's-24-gurus~/


I am also furnishing a link for those who want to know more about Lord Dattatreya (contains a painting of Lord Dattatreya by Raja Ravi Varma):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dattatreya


Then I found another very good site, The World Teacher Trust, containing an article on Lord Dattatreya from the book, "Sri Dattatreya" by Dr K Parvathi Kumar, published by Dhanishta:
http://www.worldteachertrust.org/bk/dattatreya/


Grateful thanks to Ms Poonam Srivastava, Deccan Chronicle, Swamiji.com, Reikipath.org, The World Teacher Trust and Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Gems from Gandhiji-33:

If love was not the law of life, life would not have persisted in the midst of death.