"Unintelligent men, who do not know Me perfectly, think that I, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, was impersonal before and have now assumed personality. Due to their small knowledge, they do not know My higher nature, which is imperishable and supreme." - Bhagavad Gita 7.24

"Penance performed out of foolishness, with self-torture or to destroy or injure others, is said to be in the mode of ignorance." - Bhagavad Gita 17.19

"...who is situated in the self and regards alike happiness and distress; who looks upon a lump of earth, a stone and a piece of gold with an equal eye; who is equal toward the desirable and undesirable; who is steady, situated equally well in praise and blame..." - Bhagavad Gita 14.24

"Shutting out all external sense objects, keeping the eyes and vision concentrated between the two eyebrows, suspending the inward and outward breaths within the nostrils..." - Bhagavad Gita 5.27

"This body, O son of Kunti, is called the field, and one who knows this body is called the knower of the field." - Bhagavad Gita 13.2

"The yogis, abandoning attachment, act with body, mind, intelligence and even with the senses, only for the purpose of purification." - Bhagavad Gita 5.11

"A transcendentalist should always engage his body, mind and self in relationship with the Supreme; he should live alone in a secluded place and should always carefully control his mind. He should be free from desires and feelings of possessiveness." - Bhagavad Gita 6.10

"Those who follow this imperishable path of devotional service and who completely engage themselves with faith, making Me the supreme goal, are very, very dear to Me." - Bhagavad Gita 12.20

"There is no servant in this world more dear to Me than he, nor will there ever be one more dear." - Bhagavad Gita 18.69

"O scion of Bharata, you should understand that I am also the knower in all bodies, and to understand this body and its knower is called knowledge. That is My opinion." - Bhagavad Gita 13.3