Live in the present, forget the past. Give up hopes of future.
SIVANANDABe 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.
More Sivananda Quotes
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Life is the unfolding of the latent capacities of the soul.
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Meditation is painful in the beginning but it bestows immortal Bliss and supreme joy in the end.
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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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Conquer your thoughts and you will conquer the world.
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There is a tricycle in man. He knows, he feels and acts. He has emotion, intellect and will. He must develop head, heart and hand.
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Today is your own. Tomorrow perchance may never come.
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Faith is a belief in the unknown. Faith heals, faith creates, faith works wonders, faith moves mountains. Faith is the searchlight for God-finding.
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If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.
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You are already free. You only have to know and realize this truth.
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Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself.
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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.
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Love beautifies the giver and elevates the receiver.
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The benefits of Mouna (Silence) are incalculable.
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Bear insult, bear injury.
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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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