Sivananda

Eating, drinking, sleeping a little laughter ! much weeping! Is that all ? Do not die here like a worm. Wake up!…

— Sivananda

Arrogance is a mixture of impertinence, disobedience, indiscipline, rudeness, harshness, and a self-assertive nature.

— Sivananda

The secret of life is not enjoyment but education through experience.

— Sivananda

Giving is the secret of abundance.

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Learn to give, give in plenty, give with love, give without any expectation, one does not lose anything by giving, on the…

— Sivananda

Money can help you to get medicines but not health. Money can help you to get soft pillows, but not sound sleep.…

— Sivananda

An evil man is a saint of the future. See good in everything. Destroy the evil-finding quality. Develop the good-finding quality. Rise…

— Sivananda

Ahimsa is not mere negative non-injury. It is positive, cosmic love. It is the development of a mental attitude in which hatred…

— Sivananda

Don't fear the darkness if you carry the light within.

— Sivananda

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

— Sivananda

If you do not find peace within, you will not find it anywhere else. The Goal of Life is the attainment of…

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Modern civilization is complicated and artificial. Simple folk live in a world of love and peace. Let no one hate another or…

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Music is the medium for expressing emotion. Music kindles love and infuses hope. It has countless voices and instruments. Music is in…

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The divine within you is stronger than anything that is without you. Therefore, be not afraid of anything. Rely on your own…

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Sow love, reap peace. Sow meditation, reap wisdom.

— Sivananda

Give up salt, give up sugar, give up spices, give up vegetables, give up chutnies, give up tamarind. Serve Bhangis, serve rogues,…

— Sivananda

Your sole purpose in life is to attain God-realization. All else is useless and worthless.

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Cultivate peace first in the garden of your heart by removing the weeds of lust, hatred, greed, selfishness, and jealousy. Then only…

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You should always keep your word. All the setbacks in life come only because you don't keep your word.

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If you focus the rays of the sun through a lens, they can burn cotton or a piece of paper; but, the…

— Sivananda

Live in the present, forget the past. Give up hopes of future.

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Why do you read many books? The great book is within your heart. Open the pages of this inexhaustible book, the source…

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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.…

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Every temptation that is resisted, every evil thought that is curbed, every desire that is subdued, every bitter word that is withheld,…

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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,…

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