Sivananda Quotes

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

The practice of 'asanas' and 'pranayama' wards off disease and helps to maintain alertness.

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

The benefits of Mouna (Silence) are incalculable.

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.

The secret of life is in love the love of God and the service of humanity.

Man is a bridge between the two worlds - the visible and the invisible.

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

There is a tricycle in man. He knows, he feels and acts. He has emotion, intellect and will. He must develop head, heart and hand.

The inward battle--against our mind, our wounds, and the residues of the past--is more terrible than outward battle.

Terrible is the fight put up by the senses. Fight bravely! Conquer them you must.

Serve, Love, Give, Purify, Meditate, Realize.

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

Be Good, Do Good.Do thou always without attachment perform action which should be done, for by performing action without attachment, man reaches the Supreme.

Today is your own. Tomorrow perchance may never come.

Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy.

You are the Master of your own Destiny

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

Do not store in your brain useless information. Learn to unmind the mind. Unlearn whatever has been of no use to you. Then only can you fill your mind with divine thoughts.

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

Your duty is to treat everybody with love as a manifestation of the Lord.

Intuition transcends reason, but does not contradict it

When you have succeeded in enshrining God within your heart, you will see Him everywhere.

Be tolerant. Behold the unity of all faiths, cults, creeds and religions. Respect the views, opinions and sentiments of all.

Practice meditation regularly. Meditation leads to eternal bliss. Therefore meditate, meditate.

Life is the unfolding of the latent capacities of the soul.

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

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.

Meditation is painful in the beginning but it bestows immortal Bliss and supreme joy in the end.

If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.

When all desires of heart die, mortal man becomes Immortal.

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

Pain, sorrow, ignorance are all illusory; they cannot live. Bliss, joy, knowledge are true; they cannot die.

After the demands of the ego and its greed surrendered, the struggle for fulfillment of personal desires lessens; life takes on a new zest like a breath of fresh air.

It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.

You are already free. You only have to know and realize this truth.

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

Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves.

Fame is the penalty of success. Jealousy is the penalty of fame.

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.

God is all-full. He is self-contained. He is eternal satisfaction.

Still the bubbling mind; herein lies freedom and bliss eternal.

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.

Common sense is the fundamental factor in all spiritual disciplines. No rule is an eternal rule. Rules change from place to place, time to time and from one condition to another condition.

Eradicate self-justification. Then alone can you annihilate your ego.

Bear insult, bear injury.

The goal of life is god realisation.

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

When you have succeeded in enshrining God within your heart you will see Him everywhere.

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