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Today is your own. Tomorrow perchance may never come.

Sivananda

Let each man take the path according to his capacity, understanding and temperament. His true guru will meet him along that path.
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Capacity Himself Man Path Understand
Humility is not cowardice. Meekness is not weakness. Humility and meekness are indeed spiritual powers.
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Coward Humility Power Spirituality
This world is your body. This world is a great school, This world is your silent teacher.
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Body Greatness School Silence Teacher World
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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Destination Domain Life Man Pilgrimage Ultimate Wisdom
Individual Peace paves the way for world peace. The attainment of inner calm is the greatest work you can do for humanity.
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Calm Greatness Humanity Pave Peace World
Pain, sorrow, ignorance are all illusory; they cannot live. Bliss, joy, knowledge are true; they cannot die.
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Death Ignorance Knowledge Pain Sorrow
You are the Master of your own Destiny.
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Destiny Master Yourself
Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.
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Depression Failure Future Mistake Past Regret
Still the bubbling mind; herein lies freedom and bliss eternal.
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Forever Freedom Lying Mindset
To make the mind obey you is a spiritual discipline.
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Discipline Mindset Obedience Spirituality
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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Blade Humble Joy Pain Taste
Life is a series of awakenings.
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Awakening Life One Liner Series
Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself.
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Crave Follow Object Yourself
Be Good, Do Good.Do thou always without attachment perform action which should be done, for by performing action without attachment, man reaches the Supreme.
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Attachment Goodness Man Performance Reach
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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History Human Intellectual Noble Teaching World
Tolerance is a sign of growth on the spiritual path.
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Growth Path Spiritual Tolerance
The benefits of Mouna (Silence) are incalculable.
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Benefit Silence
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
Eating, drinking, sleeping a little laughter ! much weeping! Is that all ? Do not die here like a worm. Wake up! Attain immortal bliss!
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Bliss Drink Eat Immortal Laughter Sleep Wake Up
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
You should always keep your word. All the setbacks in life come only because you don’t keep your word.
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Promise Vow Word Yourself
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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Development Emotion Feeling Hands Intellectual Known Man Willing
Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy.
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Desire Give Up Happiness
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
There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.
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Alone Crave End Happiness Satisfaction
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
Faith is a belief in the unknown. Faith heals, faith creates, faith works wonders, faith moves mountains. Faith is the searchlight for God-finding.
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Belief Creation Faith Finding God Healing Light Mountain

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