The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle.
SIVANANDAModern civilisation is complicated and artificial. Simple folk live in a world of love and peace. Let no one hate another or harm another.
More Sivananda Quotes
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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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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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Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself.
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Life is short. Time is fleeting. Realize the Self. Purity of the heart is the gateway to God. Aspire. Renounce. Meditate. Be good; do good. Be kind; be compassionate. Inquire, know Thyself.
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Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy.
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Rise above the deceptions and temptations of the mind. This is your duty. You are born for this only; all other duties are self-created and self-imposed owing to ignorance.
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Beauty is essentially spiritual. The authentic beauty lies in the heart.
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The practice of ‘asanas’ and ‘pranayama’ wards off disease and helps to maintain alertness.
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A purified mind can grasp anything. It can dive deep into the subtlest subject and understand even transcendental things.
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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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This world is your body. This world is a great school, This world is your silent teacher.
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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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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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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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Illness begins with I, Wellness begins with we.
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