To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness.
CHINMAYANANDA SARASWATIBut the self-controlled man, moving among objects, with his senses under restraint, and free from both attraction and repulsion, attains peace.
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The Present is the womb of the future.
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Your nobility must estimate how much of you Was put into each hour of your daily work
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Taste goodness before you recommend it.
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Expose yourself to aloneness.
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What we have is a gift from Him. What we do with what we have is our gift to him
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When a person is left alone, he starts thinking of higher reality – about death, life, soul, God and the mystery of all.
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Without sattva you can never reach the Supreme. Wherever you are, in whatever station, from there you have to reach sattva in varying degrees because tamas will be reduced only when the mind’s agitations, vikshepas are quietened.
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Both renunciation of action and the performance of action lead to Nirvana (Liberation); but these performance of action is superior to renunciation of action.
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Children are not vessels to be filled but lamps to be lit.
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Presently we have to train our unconscious to function better. Then we can depend upon our instincts, that will be noble instincts.
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The only demand of life is the privilege to love all.
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Leave aside your regrets of the past and anxieties of the future And focus intelligently on the present. This is the best way of ensuring a positive future.
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Remember, ‘Even this will pass away.’
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The real guru is the pure intellect within; and the purified, deeply aspiring mind is the disciple.
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The tragedy of human history is decreasing happiness in the midst of increasing comforts.
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