The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle.
SIVANANDAThe mind is responsible for the feelings of pleasure and pain. Control of the mind is the highest Yoga.
More Sivananda Quotes
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Conquer your thoughts and you will conquer the world.
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It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.
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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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The inward battle–against our mind, our wounds, and the residues of the past–is more terrible than outward battle.
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Change the mind, and you can change the body.
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Arrogance is a mixture of impertinence, disobedience, indiscipline, rudeness, harshness, and a self-assertive nature.
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Be 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.
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Illness begins with I, Wellness begins with we.
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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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Life is a series of awakenings.
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Go beyond science, into the region of metaphysics. Real religion is beyond argument. It can only be lived both inwardly and outwardly.
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Love expects no reward. Love knows no fear. Love Divine gives – does not demand. Love thinks no evil; imputes no motive. To Love is to share and serve.
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Your duty is to treat everybody with love as a manifestation of the Lord.
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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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Eating, drinking. sleeping, pro-creating. A little laughter, a lot of tears. Is this all there is to life? Don’t die like a worm on the surface of the planet. WAKE UP and be all that you can be, you are so much more than that.
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