Vedic Quotes

#1. Although yoga is commonly portrayed as a popular fitness trend, it's actually the core of the Vedic science that developed in the Indus Valley more than 5,000 years ago.

Deepak Chopra

#2. I do transcendental meditation, which is, I suppose, derived from Vedic or Ayurvedic principles, which is sort of Hindu principles.

Russell Brand

#3. In the Vedic Calender, the year 2013 is said to be the year of Victory. Victory of the Good over Bad.It is said to begin in the end of march.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

#4. Have faith in yourself. You people were once the Vedic Rishis. Only, you have come in different forms, that's all. I see it clear as daylight that you all have infinite power in you. Rouse that up; arise, arise - apply yourselves heart and soul, gird up your loins.

Swami Vivekananda

#5. The Vedic viewpoint presents a type of linguistic realism in which reality is the 'text' which is being processed by the observer. Reality can also be modified by adding text to it similar to how a programmer programs a computer by inputting a computer program.

Ashish Dalela

#6. You can't understand samsara, the cycle of birth and death. But try to understand what you can, for it's the essence of Vedic philosophy. Karma determines birth. It is not an accident. It's the fruit of your karma.

D.V. Murthy

#7. Oxford University offered prizes for the works that attacked Vedic knowledge.

Devamrita Swami

#8. Mythos is the sum total of the early historic and prehistoric myths which preceded the logos. The mythos includes not only the Greek myths but the Old Testament, the Vedic Hymns and the early legends of all cultures which have contributed to our present world understanding.

Robert M. Pirsig

#9. The aim is to get as close to nature as possible, shattering the tyranny of cultural values and judgements. In the Vedic approach, self-realization has to be achieved by detached adherence to cultural values and judgements, social roles

Devdutt Pattanaik

#10. Interestingly, modern science has estimated that the age of the earth is about 4 billion years. Scholars feel it is uncanny that the Vedic Aryans could have conceived of such a vast span of time over 3,500 years ago that would be similar to the same figure estimated by science today.

Subhash Kak

#11. An examination of Indian Vedic doctrines shows that it is in tune with the most advanced scientific and philosophical thought of the West.

Sir John Woodroffe

#12. From a clear knowledge of the Bhagavad-gita all the goals of human existence become fulfilled. Bhagavad-gita is the manifest quintessence of all the teachings of the Vedic scriptures.

Adi Shankara

#13. The intelligent student, after studying vedic texts, is solely intent on acquiring wisdom and realization. He should discard the texts altogether, as the man who seeks rice discards the husk.

Chidananda Saraswati

#14. Defy your own group. Rebel against yourself.

Cathy Guisewite

#15. The imagination is man's power over nature.

Wallace Stevens

#16. The mere fact that a boxer covers his face never means that he is much afraid of his opponent. A good punch will give a better explanation for his action!

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

#17. You've learned something very young, Prince, something that even older men rarely understand. You've learned that fear isn't a terrible-looking thing but something lovely and seductive.

Raymond E. Feist

#18. A new friend is new wine, when it grows old, you will enjoy drinking it.

Alan Kay

#19. oft evil will shall evil mar.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#20. Whether divine or human, it is precisely the imagination that fashions and recognizes the universe as meaningful, abiding, and valuable, that is to say, as real.

William K. Mahony

#21. I don't talk like House, or walk like him. I certainly don't think like him. I don't like to think for more than 15 minutes at a stretch actually; I am a fragile flower.

Hugh Laurie

#22. He wanted to break up with me in the cafeteria? Fat chance. I leaned toward him and touched his arm in a girlfriend sort of way. "If you planned to stage a public breakup with me, you can forget it."
Amusement showed in his hazel eyes. "Think you can stop me?

Chris Cannon

#23. Despite the elder-hippie vibe, she was so attractive that I assumed we must be related.

Rick Riordan

#24. I thought about my [Punjabi] family. The only nakshatram we think about is the division of petrol pumps when we have to see the girl.

Chetan Bhagat

#25. What is Intriguing to Wise, throws a Simpleton into Oblivion and an Eccentric into a BLACK HOLE!

True Krishna Priya

#26. The principle of realism means denial of the ideal.

Gustave Courbet

#27. You can unlock spiritual things only from within.

Richard Rohr

#28. Ayurveda teaches us to love "as is" - not as we think people "should be.

Lissa Coffey

#29. I want your first trip to be with me. I want to show you cities and landscapes and teach you how to look at things in new ways and how to get along in places you don't already know inside out. I want to put some life in you ...

Tove Jansson

#30. I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts.

Virgil

#31. Jaws 4 is so bad it makes Jaws 3 look like Jaws 2.

Neil Perryman