All Quotes

"You have a right to perform your prescribed duties, but you are not entitled to the fruits of your actions. Never consider yourself the cause of the results of your activities, and never be attached to not doing your duty."

"The soul is never born nor dies at any time. It has not come into being, does not come into being, and will not come into being. It is unborn, eternal, ever-existing, and primeval."

"No one who does good work will ever come to a bad end, either here or in the world to come."

"What is not real never was, and never will be. What is real always was and cannot be destroyed."

"Perform your obligatory duty, because action is indeed better than inaction. Even the maintenance of your body would not be possible through inaction."

"The mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate, and very strong. To subdue it is more difficult than controlling the wind."

"A person can rise through the efforts of his own mind, or draw himself down in the same manner. Because each person is his own friend or enemy."

"Whatever happened, happened for the good. Whatever is happening, is happening for the good. Whatever will happen, will also happen for the good."

"It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection."

"Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is."

"When a person dwells on the objects of the senses, attachment to them is produced. From attachment springs desire, and from desire comes anger."

"One who sees inaction in action and action in inaction is intelligent among humans."

"Through selfless service, you will always be fruitful and find the fulfillment of your desires."

"Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self."

"He who is equal in pleasure and pain, who is not affected by these, he alone is fit for liberation."

"With the sword of wisdom, cut asunder the doubts born of ignorance which dwell in your heart. Resort to yoga, arise!"

"Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer in sacrifice, whatever you give away, whatever austerity you practice — do that as an offering to Me."

"In this path no effort is ever lost, and no obstacle prevails. Even a little practice of this yoga protects from great fear."

"Reshape yourself through the power of your will; never let yourself be degraded by self-will. The will is the only friend of the self, and the will is the only enemy of the self."

"Whenever righteousness wanes and unrighteousness increases, I manifest myself. For the protection of the good, for the destruction of the wicked, and for the establishment of righteousness, I am born in every age."