Humility is not cowardice. Meekness is not weakness. Humility and meekness are indeed spiritual powers.
SIVANANDADo not love leisure. Waste not a minute. Be bold. Realize the Truth, here and now!
More Sivananda Quotes
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Eradicate self-justification. Then alone can you annihilate your ego.
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Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred.
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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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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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Fame is the penalty of success. Jealousy is the penalty of fame.
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Life is the unfolding of the latent capacities of the soul.
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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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The real spiritual progress of the aspirant is measured by the extent to which he achieves inner tranquility.
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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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An evil man is a saint of the future. See good in everything. Destroy the evil-finding quality. Develop the good-finding quality. Rise above good and evil.
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Giving is the secret of abundance.
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Common sense is the fundamental factor in all spiritual disciplines. No rule is an eternal rule. Rules change from place to place, time to time and from one condition to another condition.
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The human intellect has not been able to conceive of anything more noble and sublime in the history of the world than the teachings of the Upanishads.
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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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Meditation is the royal road to the attainment of freedom, a mysterious ladder that reaches from earth to heaven, darkness to light, mortality to Immortality.
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