Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.
SIVANANDADo not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.
SIVANANDAArrogance is a mixture of impertinence, disobedience, indiscipline, rudeness, harshness, and a self-assertive nature.
SIVANANDAGo beyond science, into the region of metaphysics. Real religion is beyond argument. It can only be lived both inwardly and outwardly.
SIVANANDAEating, drinking, sleeping a little laughter ! much weeping! Is that all ? Do not die here like a worm. Wake up! Attain immortal bliss!
SIVANANDAMoral values, and a culture and a religion, maintaining these values are far better than laws and regulations.
SIVANANDAPatient and regular practice is the whole secret of spiritual realization. Do not be in a hurry in spiritual life. Do your utmost, and leave the rest to God.
SIVANANDARise above the deceptions and temptations of the mind. This is your duty. You are born for this only; all other duties are self-created and self-imposed owing to ignorance.
SIVANANDAThe harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle.
SIVANANDACommon sense is the fundamental factor in all spiritual disciplines. No rule is an eternal rule. Rules change from place to place, time to time and from one condition to another condition.
SIVANANDADo not love leisure. Waste not a minute. Be bold. Realize the Truth, here and now!
SIVANANDAThe benefits of Mouna (Silence) are incalculable.
SIVANANDALife is the unfolding of the latent capacities of the soul.
SIVANANDAThe mind is a product of experience. It is the result of past thinking and is modified by present thinking.
SIVANANDAComplete peace equally reigns between two mental waves.
SIVANANDAThe practice of ‘asanas’ and ‘pranayama’ wards off disease and helps to maintain alertness.
SIVANANDAThe secret of life is in love the love of God and the service of humanity.
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