Desire can be eradicated from the roots by firmly imbibing the four attributes of : Jnan, Atmanishtha, Vairagya, and the full fledged devotion to god. Faith is in the younger generation, the modern generation, out of them will come my workers.
Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.
Never say more than is necessary.
What you are is god's gift to you, what you become is your gift to god.
Consider the little mouse how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts his life to one whole only
If you don't set goals, you can't regret not reaching them.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
I feel like a tiny bird with a big song !
Unselfish and noble actions are the most radiant pages in the biography of souls.
Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.
The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
We come to beginnings only at the end.
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than attempting to satisfy them.
It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.
You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.
Nothing endures but change. Heraclitus Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.
Concentration of wealth and power has been built upon other people's money, other people's business, other people's labor. Under this concentration, independent business has been a menace to American society.
Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.
If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
Where there is no wealth there is no poverty.
I love great music and art, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
The dove is my emblem... . I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it... . I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
Pretty much everything will come to him who hustles while he waits. I believe that restlessness is discontent, and discontent is merely the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
The greater the obstacle the more glory.
The idea of working all your life, saving, and putting money into a retirement account is a very slow plan.
Things do not change we change.
No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an unchartered land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
Self delusion is pulling in your stomach when you step on the scales.
Abilities wither under faultfinding, blossom with encouragement.
The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.
See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence , see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence we need silence to be able to touch souls.
A man builds a fine house ; and now he has a master, and a task for life ; he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.
Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way.
War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow men.
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
Let thy words be few.
If you employed study, thinking, and planning time daily, you could develop and use the power that can change the course of your destiny.
If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.
Censure is often useful, praise often deceitful.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. quotes
Put off for one day and ten days will pass by.
Every time we open our mouths, men look into our minds.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
To be a leader, you must stand for something, or fall for anything.
Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
My faith is in the younger generation, the modern generation, out of them will come my workers. They will work out the whole problem, like lions.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.
I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.
A wise man makes his own decisions , an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
A Crow is known wherever he is met by his beautiful white dress, and his tall and elegant figure. The greater part of the men being six feet high.
Never give an order that can't be obeyed.
You have available to you, right now, a powerful supercomputer. This powerful tool has been used through-out history to take people from rags to riches, from poverty and obscurity to success and fame, from unhappiness and frustration to joy and self-fulfillment, and it can do the same for you.
Knowing means to penetrate through the surface, in order to arrive at the roots, and hence the causes, knowing means to "see" reality in its nakedness. Knowing does not mean to be in the possession of the truth , it means to penetrate the surface and to strive critically and actively in order to approach truth ever more closely.
An avoidance of true communication is tantamount to a relinquishment of my self- being , if I withdraw from it I am betraying not only the other but myself.
Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moments you reject all help, are you free. Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, and fear is wrong life.
Champions are a rare breed. They see beyond the dangers, the risks, the obstacles, and the hardships.
Strength is life, weakness is death. Expansion is life, contraction is death. Love is life, hatred is death.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.
Constant dripping hollows out a stone.
Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody is watching.
When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.
And he can make, so say the wise, no claim who makes no sacrifice.
Don't ask for a light load, but rather ask for a strong back.
People who are afraid to fail can never experience the joys of success.
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
Nothing is more honorable than enlightenment, nothing is more beautiful than virtue.
Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
Great oaks from little acorns grow
Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life.
Every choice one makes either expands or contracts the area in which he can make and implement future decisions. When one makes a choice, he irrevocably binds himself to the consequences of that choice.
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living that are desired when dying.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man , but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.
How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives.
A human being is a part of a whole, called by us _universe_ , a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
Life is a do-it yourself project.
Where can we go to find god if we cannot see him in our own hearts and in every living being.
Great minds have purposes others have wishes.