Be for ever a student. He and he alone is an old man who feels that he has learnt enough and has need for no more knowledge.
SIVANANDAGiving is the secret of abundance.
More Sivananda Quotes
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Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy.
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Meditation is the royal road to the attainment of freedom, a mysterious ladder that reaches from earth to heaven, darkness to light, mortality to Immortality.
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Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred.
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Life is a pilgrimage. The wise man does not rest by the roadside inns. He marches direct to the illimitable domain of eternal bliss, his ultimate destination.
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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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Love beautifies the giver and elevates the receiver.
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The goal of life is god realisation.
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The inward battle–against our mind, our wounds, and the residues of the past–is more terrible than outward battle.
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Life is the unfolding of the latent capacities of the soul.
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A wise person laughs and smiles through the eyes. The smile and laughter through the eyes influence people tremendously. No energy leaks if you smile through the eyes.
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The benefits of Mouna (Silence) are incalculable.
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If you do not find peace within, you will not find it anywhere else. The Goal of Life is the attainment of Peace and not the achievement of power, name, fame and wealth.
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Arrogance is a mixture of impertinence, disobedience, indiscipline, rudeness, harshness, and a self-assertive nature.
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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.
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When you have succeeded in enshrining God within your heart, you will see Him everywhere.
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Illness begins with I, Wellness begins with we.
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Today is your own. Tomorrow perchance may never come.
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Be humble as the blade of grass that is being trodden underneath the feet. The little ant tastes joyously the sweetness of honey and sugar. The mighty elephant trembles in pain under the agony of sharp god.
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To make the mind obey you is a spiritual discipline.
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God is all-full. He is self-contained. He is eternal satisfaction.
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An evil man is a saint of the future. See good in everything. Destroy the evil-finding quality. Develop the good-finding quality. Rise above good and evil.
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Man needs now no more degrees, but character, No more study, but wisdom.
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Do not love leisure. Waste not a minute. Be bold. Realize the Truth, here and now!
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The mental ability to concentrate is inherent to all; it is not extraordinary or mysterious. Meditation is not something that a Yogi has to teach you; you already have the ability to shut out thoughts.
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Fear is only in duality. Fear is Mind. When you are your Self, there is no fear.
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The mind is responsible for the feelings of pleasure and pain. Control of the mind is the highest Yoga.
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