Desire 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.
SIVANANDAEradicate self-justification. Then alone can you annihilate your ego.
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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Learn to give, give in plenty, give with love, give without any expectation, one does not lose anything by giving, on the other hand you get back a thousand fold.
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The secret of life is not enjoyment but education through experience.
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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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Tolerance is a sign of growth on the spiritual path.
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Sow love, reap peace. Sow meditation, reap wisdom.
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Illness begins with I, Wellness begins with we.
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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 language of silence is the language of God, the language of silence is the language of the heart.
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Man is a bridge between the two worlds – the visible and the invisible.
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Serve, Love, Give, Purify, Meditate, Realize.
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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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Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.
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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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Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves.
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