Sivananda Quotes

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• This world is your best teacher. There is a lesson in everything. There is a lesson in each experience. Learn it and become wise. Every failure is a stepping stone to success. Every difficulty or disappointment is a trial of your faith. Every unpleasant incident or temptation is a test of your inner strength. Therefore nil desperandum. March forward hero!

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  Motivational, Uplifting, Faith

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• If you do not find peace within, you will not find it anywhere else. The Goal of Life is the attainment of Peace and not the achievement of power, name, fame and wealth.

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  Names, Goal, Achievement

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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 Inner Self, the Divinity within you. Tap the source through looking within. Improve yourself. Build your character. Purify the heart. Develop the divine virtues. Eradicate evil traits. Conquer all that is base in you. Endeavor to attain all that is worthy and noble. Make the lower nature the servant of the higher through discipline, Tapas, self-restraint and meditation. This is the beginning of your freedom.

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  Character, Heart, Self

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

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  Pain, Yoga, Inspiration

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

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  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• An ounce of practice is worth a ton of theory!

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  Practice, Theory

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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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  Love, Spiritual, Thinking

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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 you can manifest it externally. Then only, those who come in contact with you, will be benefited by your vibrations of peace and harmony.

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  Inspirational, Weed, Heart

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• Fear is only in duality. Fear is Mind. When you are your Self, there is no fear.

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  Self, Mind, No Fear

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• Make others truly happy as you strive to make yourself happy. Speak a helpful word. Give a cheering smile. Do a kind act. Serve a little. Wipe the tears of one who is in distress. Render smooth a rough place in another's path. You will feel great joy.

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  Cheer, Giving, Joy

  Swami Sivananda (1964). “Bliss Divine: A Book of Spiritual Essays on the Lofty Purpose of Human Life and the Means to Its Achievement”

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

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  Light, Darkness, Light Within

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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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  Kindness, Heart, Life Is Short

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• You are the Master of your own Destiny

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  Destiny, Masters, Breeders

  Swami Sivananda (1964). “Bliss Divine: A Book of Spiritual Essays on the Lofty Purpose of Human Life and the Means to Its Achievement”

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

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  Children, Heart, Hatred

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• Never worry about what other people say or think. Do the right. Have a clear conscience and roam about happily.

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  Thinking, People, Worry

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• Giving is the secret of abundance.

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  Giving, Secret, Abundance

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• The real spiritual progress of the aspirant is measured by the extent to which he achieves inner tranquility.

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  Spiritual, Peace, Real

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• Life is a series of awakenings

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  Awakening, Life Is, Series

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• Kind thoughts increase the flow of vital energy into your body and mind. Do kind acts now. Do not procrastinate. Kindness is like a healing balm. It soothes suffering... Little drops of water make the mighty ocean. Even so, little acts of kindness make an ocean of goodwill.

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  Kindness, Ocean, Healing

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

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  Patience, Failure, Understanding

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• Peace is the most covetable possession on the earth. It is the greatest treasure in all the universe. Peace is the most important and indispensable factor for all growth and development. It is in the tranquility and quiet of the night that the seed slowly sprouts from under the soil. The bud opens in the depth of the most silent hours. So also, in a state of peace and love, people evolve, grow in their distinctive culture, and develop perfect civilization.

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  Night, Civilization, Greatest Treasure

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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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  Humanity, World, Way

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• Man needs now no more degrees, but character,
  No more study, but wisdom.

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  Character, Men, Degrees

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• Conquer your thoughts and you will conquer the world.

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  Conquer The World, World, Conquer

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• Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in eternal awareness or pure consciousness.

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  Yoga, Meditation Practice, Mind

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