Do not store in your brain useless information. Learn to unmind the mind. Unlearn whatever has been of no use to you. Then only can you fill your mind with divine thoughts.
SIVANANDADesire 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.
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Be tolerant. Behold the unity of all faiths, cults, creeds and religions. Respect the views, opinions and sentiments of all.
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Still the bubbling mind; herein lies freedom and bliss eternal.
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Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.
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Conquer your thoughts and you will conquer the world.
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Terrible is the fight put up by the senses. Fight bravely! Conquer them you must.
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Patient 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.
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Bear insult, bear injury.
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Love beautifies the giver and elevates the receiver.
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Intuition transcends reason, but does not contradict it.
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The human intellect has not been able to conceive of anything more noble and sublime in the history of the world than the teachings of the Upanishads.
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Fame is the penalty of success. Jealousy is the penalty of fame.
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Pain, sorrow, ignorance are all illusory; they cannot live. Bliss, joy, knowledge are true; they cannot die.
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This world is your body. This world is a great school, This world is your silent teacher.
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There is something good in all seeming failures. You are not to see that now. Time will reveal it. Be patient.
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Giving is the secret of abundance.
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