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It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.

Sivananda

Giving is the secret of abundance.
SIVANANDA

Abundance Secret Yourself
One can realize God through kirtan alone.
SIVANANDA

Alone God Realize
Your thoughts should agree with your words, and the words should agree with your actions. In this world people think one thing, say another thing, and do something else. This is horrible. This is crookedness.
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Action Horrible People Thinking Word Yourself
Man needs now no more degrees, but character, No more study, but wisdom.
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Character Degree Man Need Wisdom
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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Artificial Civilization Complication Harm Modern Oneself
Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred.
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Children Forget Hate Heart Injury
If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.
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Character Form Law Right
Change the mind, and you can change the body.
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Body Change Inspirational Mindset
The secret of life is not enjoyment but education through experience.
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Education Enjoyment Experience Life Secret
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.
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Desire Greatness Impurity Poverty Spark
The language of silence is the language of God, the language of silence is the language of the heart.
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Anand Thakur
Today is your own. Tomorrow perchance may never come.
SIVANANDA

Future Moments Present
To make the mind obey you is a spiritual discipline.
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Discipline Mindset Obedience Spirituality
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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Book Greatness Heart Knowledge Reading Yourself
Illness begins with I, Wellness begins with we.
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Beginning Ourselves Sick
The practice of ‘asanas’ and ‘pranayama’ wards off disease and helps to maintain alertness.
SIVANANDA

Awareness Practice Yoga

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