Man needs now no more degrees, but character, No more study, but wisdom.
SIVANANDAThe benefits of Mouna (Silence) are incalculable.
More Sivananda Quotes
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Life is the unfolding of the latent capacities of the soul.
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Conquer your thoughts and you will conquer the world.
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Don’t fear the darkness if you carry the light within.
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Giving is the secret of abundance.
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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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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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If you do not find peace within, you will not find it anywhere else. The Goal of Life is the attainment of Peace and not the achievement of power, name, fame and wealth.
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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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Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy.
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There is some truth in everything. Views and opinions are different aspects. Do not quarrel with others.
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Be for ever a student. He and he alone is an old man who feels that he has learnt enough and has need for no more knowledge.
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Thinking of disease constantly will intensify it. Feel always ‘I am healthily in body and mind’.
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The mind is responsible for the feelings of pleasure and pain. Control of the mind is the highest Yoga.
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Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves.
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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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