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.
SIVANANDALive in the present, forget the past. Give up hopes of future.
More Sivananda Quotes
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Life is a series of awakenings.
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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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Faith induces one to pray.Prayer purifies the heart.In the purified heart is reflected the light of Lord.When the Light sighns the mortal becomes immortal.
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Sow love, reap peace. Sow meditation, reap wisdom.
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Terrible is the fight put up by the senses. Fight bravely! Conquer them you must.
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Bear insult, bear injury.
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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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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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The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle.
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Change the mind, and you can change the body.
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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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Eradicate self-justification. Then alone can you annihilate your ego.
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Humility is not cowardice. Meekness is not weakness. Humility and meekness are indeed spiritual powers.
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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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The practice of ‘asanas’ and ‘pranayama’ wards off disease and helps to maintain alertness.
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