Sivananda Quotes - Page 2

Why do you read many books? The great book is within your heart. Open the pages of this inexhaustible book, the source of all knowledge. You will know everything.

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.

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

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

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.

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

There is some truth in everything. Views and opinions are different aspects. Do not quarrel with others.

To achieve that state of lasting happiness and absolute peace, we must first know how to calm the mind, to concentrate and go beyond the mind. By turning the mind's concentration inward, upon the self, we can deepen that experience of perfect concentration. This is the state of Meditation.

Love beautifies the giver and elevates the receiver.

Life is a series of awakenings

Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.

The language of silence is the language of God, the language of silence is the language of the heart.

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

Money can help you to get medicines but not health. Money can help you to get soft pillows, but not sound sleep. Money can help you to get material comforts, but not eternal bliss. Money can help you to get ornaments, but not beauty. Money will help you to get an electric earphone, but not natural hearing. Attain the supreme wealth, wisdom; you will have everything.

Thinking of disease constantly will intensify it. Feel always 'I am healthily in body and mind'.

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

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

You can have calmness of mind at all times by the practice of yoga. You can have restful sleep. You can have increased energy, vigour, vitality, longevity, and a high standard of health. You can turn out efficient work within a short space of time. You can have success in every walk of life.

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

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

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

A wise person laughs and smiles through the eyes. . . . The smile and laughter through the eyes influence people tremendously. No energy leaks if you smile through the eyes.

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

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.

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