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The ordinary man considers solids and liquids and the energy manifestations of the material world to be vastly different, but the yogi sees them as various vibrations of the one cosmic light.
Paramhansa Yogananda

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There weren't any schools in my village, so I learnt to read and write from my mother. I played in the fields, sowing seeds, working with animals, jumping in the river, climbing trees.
Sonam Wangchuk
There's really no such thing as the 'voiceless'. There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard.
Arundhati Roy
I sought my soul, but my soul I could not see, I sought my god, but my god eluded me; And then I sought my sisters and my brothers, and in them I found all three.
Baba Amte
Knowledge leads to unity, but ignorance to diversity.
Ramkrishna Paramhansa
He who can listen to music in the midst of noise can achieve great things.
Vikram Sarabhai
One should excel in good conduct (aacharan) and take pains to cultivate and guard it.
Thirukkural
The future belongs to the common man with uncommon determination.
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The values of life are more valuable than the valuables of life.
Swami Tejomayanand
You were born with wings. Why prefer to crawl through life?
Rumi
 Is this democracy? All have come together to make money. 
Anna Hazare
I fear uniformity. You cannot manufacture great men any more than you can manufacture gold.
John Ruskin
Education is not merely the acquisition of knowledge but also the ability to use it for the betterment of society.
Sudha Murthy
A ship is safest at the harbour but it is not where it is supposed to be.
Narayan Murthy
A horse cannot be judged by its saddle.
Proverb
Happiness is a continuous creative activity of imaginatively comparing your experiences to things that aren't as good and thereby feeling happy and grateful.
Baba Amte
A human being is like a seed. Either you can keep it as it is, or you can make it grow into a wonderful tree with flowers and fruits.
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev
A snake knows more about what is happening around it than any other creature, because it has no ears to listen to gossip, only direct perception.
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev
Live life a little dangerously.
Jrd Tata
To travel is a better thing than to arrive.
Dr S Radhakrishnan
Because of his attachment to the body, man is not able to understand his divine nature.
Ramayana
In life, loss is inevitable. Everyone knows this, yet in the core of most people it remains deeply denied - 'This should not happen to me.' It is for this reason that loss is the most difficult challenge one has to face as a human being.
Swami Dayanand Saraswati
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
Henry David Thoreau
Deep and vast knowledge gained is of no use if one madly covets another man's wealth.
Thirukkural
Resign thyself to His will, review thy past actions and follow the path of duty.
Isha Upanishad
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed individuals can change the world. In fact, it's the only thing that ever has.
Margret Mead
God won't come to us in front of the eyes, but when your devotion is true, you will feel the God all around you.
Surdas
The speed with which we in the Congress are going down is sometimes frightening. Government administration in the districts is rapidly reaching a low level. No strong opposition party has been able to emerge.
Lal Bahadur Shastri
There never was, there never will be, nor is there now, a man who is always blamed, or a man who is always praised.
Dhammapada
You can scare away a hundred crows with just one stone.
Proverb
All the knowledge in the world is no good if it deserts a person in the hour of need.
Ramayana
Incredible things can be done simply if we are committed to make them happen.
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev
Evil thoughts do not grow alone in mature heads. They can spring up like weeds in the minds of children too.
Mahabharata
One should not utter displeasing words that arouse ill feelings in others. One should not indulge in speech conducive to the evil.
Mahavira
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Einstein
Every moment of true concentration increases our ability to command the mind, and therefore the world.
Sister Nivedita
Love's gift can't be given. It waits to be accepted.
Rabindranath Tagore
Iron appears as red hot in the furnace but becomes black soon after it is taken out. In the same way, worldly men are full of religious emotion if they are in a temple or in the society of the pious; but no sooner do they leave these associations the flood of devotion in them subsides.
Ramkrishna Paramhansa
So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
B R Ambedkar
To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs.
Aurbindo Ghosh
Swaraj has no meaning until it can annihilate the yawning gap between the haves and have nots.
Maulana Azad
The world keeps dying but no one knows how to die.
Kabir
Think before you act.
Mahatma Gandhi
Only the foolish distinguish between man and woman; the good respect both equally.
Kalidasa
Big dams are to a nation's 'development', what nuclear bombs are to its military arsenal. They are both weapons of mass destruction.
Arundhati Roy
As the water of the ocean is now calm and next agitated into waves, so are Brahman and Maya. The ocean in the tranquil state is Brahman, and in the turbulent state, Maya.
Ramkrishna Paramhansa
The contented man looks into his own heart to find total peace.
Ramayana
I don't want to be a great leader; I want to be a man who goes around with a little oil can and when he sees a breakdown, offers his help. To me, the man who does that is greater than any holy man in saffron-colored robes. The mechanic with the oil can: that is my ideal in life.
Baba Amte
The heart has no language, it speaks to other heart.
Mahatma Gandhi
It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.
Rabindranath Tagore
It is disgrace for all those on earth if they fail to leave behind fame.
Thirukkural
By remembering one help rendered, even a dreadful harm is forgotten.
Thirukkural
The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.
Einstein
Those who want to be free from sufferings will not do wrong sincle all wrongs recoil on wrong doers.
Thirukkural
The broad aim of education is to help man to become a thinking being.
Lala Lajpat Rai
Our governance is by a gerontocracy. This cataract of history can only be removed by youth. In this common man's century, only the common man can change the profile of this country.
Baba Amte
Although devotion is to be given to many institutes and teachers, the essence is to be taken from them all, as the bee takes the essence from many flowers.
Swami Vivekananda
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.
Steve Jobs
You may go with a fanfare to a happy home, but you must go unannounced to a grieving home.
Proverb
He who bears no ill will to any being, is friendly and compassionate, without attachment and egotism, balanced in pleasure and pain and forgiving, ever content, harmonious with the self-controlled resolute mind and reason dedicated to Me; he, My devotee, is dear to Me.
Bhagvad Gita
Courteousness must not be mistaken for flattery, nor impudence for fearlessness.
Mahatma Gandhi
Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act.
Annie Besant
The worst sinner has a future, even as the greatest saint has had a past. No one is as good or bad as he imagines.
Dr S Radhakrishnan
I am grateful for the award since it is possible that it may provide a measure of encouragement to those, who like myself, have been motivated in their scientific pursuits, principally, for achieving personal perspectives, while wandering, mostly, in the lonely byways of Science…
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
As soon as we become one with the ocean in the shape of God, there is no more rest for up, nor indeed do we need rest any longer. Our very sleep is action. For we sleep with the thought of God in our hearts. This restlessness constitutes true rest. This never-ceasing agitation holds the key to peace ineffable. This supreme state of total surrender is difficult to describe, but not beyond the bounds of human experience. It has been attained by many dedicated souls, and may be attained by ourselves as well.
Mahatma Gandhi
Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.
Swami Vivekananda
If I rest, I rust.
Swami Chinmayananda
Our motivation is to help people out of poverty, not to be leading technology company.
Harish Hande
And did the thought never come to you that you are also subject to decay, that you also cannot escape it?
Gautam Buddha
Those who hoard and lose wealth do not know the joy of gladdening the poor with charity.
Thirukkural
One should use one act to achieve another, just as a trained elephant is used to capture another elephant.
Thirukkural
Everything is recycled in India, even dreams.
Shashi Tharoor
I believe in prayer. I believe in gratitude and serving people.
Kiran Bedi
Even the donkey is beautiful when it is a baby.
Proverb
There has no doubt to do fundamental research in science, but applied research is equally important for new improvements and changes in our techniques.
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Recognize that self-interest often underpins friendships, unveiling an unvarnished truth.
Chanakya
God is not outside this earthly case of ours. Therefore, exterior proof is not of much avail, if any at all. We must over fail to perceive Him through the senses, because He is beyond them. We can feel Him, if we will but withdraw ourselves from the senses. The divine music is incessantly going on within ourselves, but the loud senses drown the delicate music, which is unlike and infinitely superior to anything we can perceive or hear with our senses.
Mahatma Gandhi
A ripened fallen fruit cannot re-attach to the branch.
Kabir
Always speak the truth.
Mahatma Gandhi
When He is seen both in the higher and the lower, the knots of seeker's heart becomes untied; all doubts are dispelled; and all his karmas are consumed.
Mundokopanishad
Divine wisdom leads to uncluttered thoughts within, which further leads to uncluttered actions.
Amogh Lila Das
Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families, and nations.
Paramhansa Yogananda
Let noble thoughts come to us from every side.
Rig Veda
The ultimate goal of human life is to attain knowledge of the self.
Swami Dayanand Saraswati
The true path to enlightenment is through humility, compassion and selflessness.
Guru Govind Singh
He is the greatest democrat the world knows, for He leaves us unfettered to make our own choice between evil and good. He is the greatest tyrant ever known, for He often dashes the cup from our lips and under the cover of free will leaves us a margin so wholly inadequate as to provide only mirth for Himself at our expense. Therefore it is that Hinduism calls it all His sport lila, or calls it all an illusion maya.
Mahatma Gandhi
In God alone, essence (what He is) and existence (that he is) coincide.
Avicenna
People should never worship images. The spread of mental darkness is due to the prevalence of idolatry.
Swami Dayanand Saraswati
Thinking is the capital, Enterprise is the way, Hard Work is the solution.
Apj Abdul Kalam
Serve others with kindness and love and the Lord will reward you with His grace.
Guru Govind Singh
The mystries of life are revealed to those who keep their mid vigilant all the time.
Yajur Veda
Fearing the bond of desires is a great virtue as desires have the power to deceive.
Thirukkural
Sometimes the only kind of innovation comes when you have some solitude, when you step away.
Anand Mahindra
If you possess happiness you possess everything: to be happy is to be in tune with God. No matter what you are doing, keep the undercurrent of happiness. Learn to be secretly happy within your heart in spite of all circumstances.
Paramhansa Yogananda
If we cannot set our own house in order, we can never achieve the destiny of this country.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Our secret weapon is nationalism. To have nationhood, which is a sign of maturity, is greater than any weapons in the world.
Ho Chi Minh
The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
Confucius
It Is very easy to defeat someone, but it is very hard to win someone.
Apj Abdul Kalam
Once your life is your expression of blissfulness, you will not be in conflict with anyone.
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev
Travel only with the equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone.
Dhammapada
Man seeks to change the foods available in nature to suit his tastes, thereby putting an end to the very essence of life contained in them.
Sai Baba

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