"Just as a fire is covered by smoke……" — Bhagavad Gita
"Just as a fire is covered by smoke and a mirror is obscured by dust, just as the embryo rests deep within the womb, wisdom is hidden by selfish desire."
—
Bhagavad Gita
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
49 Quotes by Bhagavad Gita
Bhagavad Gita has 49 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
For certain is death for the born And certain is birth for the dead; Therefore over the Thou shouldst not…
-
The non permanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance…
-
Know Me to be the eternal seed of all creatures. I am the intelligence of the intelligent, and the brilliance…
-
Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and false ego-all together these eight contitute my separted material energies.
-
The wise sees knowledge and action as one; they see truly
-
Discrimination, knowledge, non-delusion, forgiveness, truthfulness, control over the mind and senses, pleasure, pain, birth, death, fear, fearlessness; .
-
In whatever way I may have insulted You in jokes; while playing, reposing in bed, sitting, or at meals; when…
-
The Supreme Lord said: Fearlessness, purity of heart, perseverance in the yoga of knowledge, charity, sense restraint, sacrifice, study of…
-
He who, before he leaves his body, learns to surmount the promptings of desire and anger is a saint and…
-
As a man can drink water from any side of a full tank, so the skilled theologian can wrest from…
-
Even these [obligatory] works should be performed without attachment to the fruits. This is My definite supreme advice, O Arjuna.
-
No on should abandon duties because he sees defects in them. Every action, every activity, is surrounded by defects as…
See all 49 quotes by Bhagavad Gita »
More Covered Quotes
This quote is filed under Covered Quotes,
one of 771 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
Never in the history of fashion has so little material been raised so high to reveal so much that needs…
— Cecil Beaton
-
A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
-
My fashion philosophy is, if you're not covered in dog hair, your life is empty.
— Elayne Boosler
-
It were a real increase of human happiness, could all young men from the age of nineteen be covered under…
— Thomas Carlyle
-
I think I've still got a bit of a sado-masochistic streak in me, because if I'm not going to be…
— Helena Bonham Carter
-
We avenge intellect when we dupe a fool, and it is a victory not to be despised for a fool…
— Giacomo Casanova
-
One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars;…
— Miguel de Cervantes
-
I like my women to be feminine, not sliding into tackles and covered in mud.
— Brian Clough
-
True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing.
— Jean Cocteau
-
When I was 14, I thought I looked terrible. I wore these typical Slavic shoes with metal bottoms so you…
— Marina Abramovic
-
And in this battle, Brother William (Guillaume), Master of the Templars, lost an eye; and he had lost the other…
— Jean de Joinville
-
The doctrine that might makes right has covered the earth with misery. While it crushes the weak, it also destroys…
— John Peter Altgeld
See all 771 Covered Quotes »