The inward battle–against our mind, our wounds, and the residues of the past–is more terrible than outward battle.
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.
More Sivananda Quotes
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Modern civilisation is complicated and artificial. Simple folk live in a world of love and peace. Let no one hate another or harm another.
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Music is the medium for expressing emotion. Music kindles love and infuses hope. It has countless voices and instruments. Music is in the hearts of all men and women.
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There is some truth in everything. Views and opinions are different aspects. Do not quarrel with others.
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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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Fear is only in duality. Fear is Mind. When you are your Self, there is no fear.
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Life is a series of awakenings.
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Regular meditation opens the avenues of intuitional knowledge, makes the mind calm and steady, awakens an ecstatic feeling, and brings the practitioner in contact with the source of his/her very being.
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Serve, Love, Give, Purify, Meditate, Realize.
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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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Why do you read many books? The great book is within your heart. Open the pages of this inexhaustible book, the source of all knowledge. You will know everything.
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If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.
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The secret of life is not enjoyment but education through experience.
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You are already free. You only have to know and realize this truth.
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Man is a bridge between the two worlds – the visible and the invisible.
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Live in the present, forget the past. Give up hopes of future.
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