Sivananda

Eating, drinking. sleeping, pro-creating. A little laughter, a lot of tears. Is this all there is to life? Don't die like a worm on the surface of the planet. WAKE UP and be all that you can be, you are so much more than that.

Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.

Let each man take the path according to his capacity, understanding and temperament. His true guru will meet him along that path.

Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred.

Adhere To - Faith, Unity, Sacrifice. Avoid - Back-biting, Falsehood and Crookedness. Admire - Frankness, Honesty, and Large-heartedness. Control - Tongue, Temper, and Tossing of the mind. Cultivate - Cosmic Love, Forgiveness and Patience. Hate - Lust, Anger, and Pride.

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.

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.

There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.

The mind is responsible for the feelings of pleasure and pain. Control of the mind is the highest Yoga.

A purified mind can grasp anything. It can dive deep into the subtlest subject and understand even transcendental things.

Giving is the secret of abundance.

Look within. _x000D_ _x000D_ Within you is the hidden God. _x000D_ _x000D_ Within you is the immortal soul. _x000D_ _x000D_ Within you is the inexhaustible spiritual treasure. _x000D_ _x000D_ Within you is the ocean of bliss. _x000D_ _x000D_ Look within for the happiness which you have sought in vain.

A desire arises in the mind. It is satisfied immediately another comes. In the interval which separates two desires a perfect calm reigns in the mind. It is at this moment freed from all thought, love or hate. Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves.

Do not love leisure. Waste not a minute. Be bold. Realize the Truth, here and now!

Go beyond science, into the region of metaphysics. Real religion is beyond argument. It can only be lived both inwardly and outwardly.

There is something good in all seeming failures. You are not to see that now. Time will reveal it. Be patient.

Humility is not cowardice. Meekness is not weakness. Humility and meekness are indeed spiritual powers.

The mind is a product of experience. It is the result of past thinking and is modified by present thinking.

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.

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.

Regular meditation opens the avenues of _x000D_ intuitional knowledge, _x000D_ makes the mind calm and steady, _x000D_ awakens an ecstatic feeling, _x000D_ and brings the practitioner in contact _x000D_ with the source of his/her very being.