M editation is painful in the beginning but it bestows immortal Bliss and supreme joy in the end. quote 5627 | Sivananda
A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it. quote 5626 | Tagore
I f you love a flower, don’t pick it up. Because if you pick it up it dies and it ceases to be what you love. So if you love a flower, let it be. Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation. quote 5625 | Osho
T he mind will subside only by means of the enquiry ‘Who am I?’. The thought ‘Who am I?’, destroying all other thoughts, will itself finally be destroyed like the stick used for stirring the funeral pyre. quote 5624 | Ramana Maharshi
T he process of offering is Brahman; that which is offered is Brahman. Brahman offers the sacrifice in the fire of Brahman. Brahman is attained by those who see Brahman in every action. quote 5623 | The Bhagavat Gita
T he wave is the same as the ocean, though it is not the whole ocean. So each wave of creation is a part of the eternal Ocean of Spirit. The Ocean can exist without the waves, but the waves cannot exist without the Ocean. quote 5622 | Paramhansa Yogananda
L ove is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation. quote 5621 | Tagore
I t is not a question of learning much. On the contrary, it’s a question of unlearning much. quote 5620 | Osho
W hat is called mind is a wondrous power existing in Self. It projects all thoughts. If we set aside all thoughts and see, there will be no such thing as mind remaining separate; therefore, thought itself is the form of the mind. Other than thoughts, there is no such thing as the mind. quote 5618 | Ramana Maharshi
T here is a wall of separation between oneself and others and between you and me. Destroy this wall! quote 5617 | Shirdi Sai Baba
O h, if only you knew yourselves! You are souls; you are Gods. If ever I feel like blaspheming, it is when I call you man. quote 5616 | Vivekananda
T he wise see that there is action in the midst of inaction and inaction in the midst of action. Their consciousness is unified, and every act is done with complete awareness. quote 5615 | The Bhagavat Gita
S elf-realization is the knowing in all parts of body, mind, and soul that you are now in possession of the kingdom of God; that you do not have to pray that it come to you; that God’s omnipresence is your omnipresence; and that all that you need to do is improve your knowing. quote 5614 | Paramhansa Yogananda
I n a virtuous life, evil is suppressed and good surfaces; but the evil is still there. The bad sanskaras remain and have to be worked out, if not in this life then in the next or the one after. In the spiritual life, both good and bad sanskaras express themselves, and both get nullified. quote 5613 | Meher Baba
I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can’t make it through one door, I’ll go through another door – or I’ll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present. quote 5612 | Tagore
A ll spiritual practice must be directed to the removal of the husk and the revelation of the kernel. quote 5611 | Satya Sai Baba
A s a boy begins to learn writing by drawing big scrawls, before he can master the small-hand, so we must learn concentration of the mind by fixing it first on forms; and when we have attained success therein, we can easily fix it upon the formless. quote 5610 | Ramakrishna
E verything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it. quote 5609 | Tagore
I t is imperfect, and that’s why it is growing; if it was perfect it would have been dead. Growth is possible only if there is imperfection. quote 5608 | Osho
T he secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly. quote 5607 | Paramhansa Yogananda
F orget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred. quote 5606 | Sivananda
I f you hold this feeling of ‘I’ long enough and strongly enough, the false ‘I’ will vanish leaving only the unbroken awareness of the real, immanent ‘I’, consciousness itself. quote 5605 | Ramana Maharshi
