Swami Sivananda quotes

Moral values, and a culture and a religion, maintaining these values are far better than laws and regulations. (Swami Sivananda)
There is something good in all seeming failures. You are not to see that now. Time will reveal it. Be patient. View quote
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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. View quote
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Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success. View quote
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Meditation is painful in the beginning but it bestows immortal Bliss and supreme joy in the end. View quote
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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. View quote
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The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle. View quote
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Today is your own. Tomorrow perchance may never come. View quote
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Humility is not cowardice. Meekness is not weakness. Humility and meekness are indeed spiritual powers. View quote
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Always do good to others. Be selfless. Mentally remove everything and be free. This is divine life. This is the direct way to Moksha or salvation. View quote
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Practice meditation regularly. Meditation leads to eternal bliss. Therefore meditate, meditate. (Swami Sivananda)
If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character. View quote
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Go beyond science, into the region of metaphysics. Real religion is beyond argument. It can only be lived both inwardly and outwardly. View quote
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The real spiritual progress of the aspirant is measured by the extent to which he achieves inner tranquility. View quote
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Do not love leisure. Waste not a minute. Be bold. Realize the Truth, here and now! View quote
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Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred. View quote
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Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself. View quote
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A mountain is composed of tiny grains of earth. The ocean is made up of tiny drops of water. Even so, life is but an endless series of little details, actions, speeches, and thoughts. And the consequences whether good or bad of even the least of them are far-reaching. View quote
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Life is a pilgrimage. The wise man does not rest by the roadside inns. He marches direct to the illimitable domain of eternal bliss, his ultimate destination. View quote
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Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy. View quote
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It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts. (Swami Sivananda)
God is all-full. He is self-contained. He is eternal satisfaction. View quote
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Your duty is to treat everybody with love as a manifestation of the Lord . View quote
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You have to do many great actions yet. Prakriti is preparing you in a variety of ways. Feel this. Be grateful to the Lord. View quote
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This world is a strange world. We have to learn many lessons. One of the disciples of the Lord Jesus betrayed the Lord. Many obstacles will come to the growing aspirant at every step. We will have to show our strength. View quote
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