Swami Sivananda Quotes & Sayings

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

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

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#3. The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle.

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#4. A desire arises in the mind. It is satisfied immediately another comes. In the interval which separates two desires a perfect calm reigns in the mind. It is at this moment freed from all thought, love or hate. Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves.

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#5. 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.

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#6. A good, holy thought to start the day with, is more precious than all the wealth you can acquire and all the happiness that you can enjoy during the day. These

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

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#8. 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.

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

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#10. Humility is not cowardice. Meekness is not weakness. Humility and meekness are indeed spiritual powers.

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#11. Go beyond science, into the region of metaphysics. Real religion is beyond argument. It can only be lived both inwardly and outwardly.

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

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#13. Moral values, and a culture and a religion, maintaining these values are far better than laws and regulations.

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#14. 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.

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

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

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#17. 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.

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