Inspiring quotes from hinduism and other sources

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

-Mahatma Gandhi

Happy birthday Gandhiji!

 

For a genuine seeker,
The inner world
Is infinitely more real
Than the outer world.


Sri Chinmoy

 

"Respect yourself and others will respect you"


Confucius.

 

Amid accumulated millions a man remains poor
If he neither gives nor enjoys his wealth.

Vast wealth can be a wretched curse to one who neither
Gladdens himself in its worth nor gives to the worthy.

-Tirukkural 101:1005-1006

 

Peace of mind happens to a man only after he has developed deep insight, only after he starts seeing the things in the right perspective.

Sam Veda

 

A superior being does not render evil for evil. Never harm the wicked or the good or even criminals meeting death. A noble soul is always compassionate, even toward those who enjoy injuring others or who are actually committing cruel deeds--for who is without fault?

-Ramayana

 

Life without Krishna has no joy for me. Tell me what is good for me. I am a wanderer with a hollow heart.

-Mahabharata

 

You need not worry or make yourself sleepless
about the world. It will go on without you.
When you have avoided fanaticism, then alone
will you work well. It is the levelheaded and
calm person, of good judgment and cool
nerves, of great sympathy and love, who does
good work and so does good to himself. The
fanatic is foolish and has no sympathy; he
can never straighten the world, nor himself
become pure and perfect.

Swami Vivekanandaji
Karma Yoga. New York, 1896. Complete Works, 1: 79

 

Jesus just left Chicago and he's bound for New Orleans.
Workin from one end to the other and all points in between.
Took a jump through Mississippi, muddy water turned to wine.
Then out to California through the forests and the pines.
Take me with you, Jesus.
You might not see him in person but he'll see you just the same.
You don't have to worry cause takin care of business is his name.

Billy Gibbons

 

whatever action a great man performs,
common men follow,
and whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts,
all the world pursues,

bhagavad gita. 3.21

 

" That which is nearest is least observed. The Atman is the nearest of the near, therefore a careless and unsteady mind gets no clue to the Atman. But one who is alert, calm, self-restrained, and discriminating, ignores the external world and, diving more and more into the inner world, realizes the glory of the Atman and becomes great"- Swami Vivekananda

 

The real love is to love them that hate you, to love your neighbor even though you distrust him.

-Mahatma Gandhi

 

Better than a gift given with a joyous heart
Are sweet words spoken with a cheerful smile.

-Tirukkural 92

 

Disciple: But we look upon you, Swamiji, as one who has realised God!

No sooner did I say these words than those fascinating eyes of [Swami Vivekanandaji's] were filled with tears (Oh, how vividly I, see that scene before my eyes even now), and he with a heart overflowing with love, softly and gently spoke: "At those Blessed Feet is the perfection of Knowledge, sought by the Jnanis! At those Blessed Feet also is the fulfilment of Love sought by the Lovers! Oh, say, where else will men and women go for refuge but to those Blessed Feet!"

After a while he again said, "Alas! what folly for men in this world to spend their days fighting and quarrelling with one another as they do! But how long can they go in that way? In the evening of life (At the end of one's whole course of transmigratory existence.) they must all come home, to the arms of the Mother."

 

every morning is like a new reincarnation
into this world
let us take it then
for what it is
and live every moment a new

paul brunton

 

I loved this the moment I read it:

"The wind of God's grace is blowing on, for
ever and ever. You must spread your sail.
Whenever you do anything, do it with your
whole heart concentrated on it. Think day and
night, "I am of the essence of that Supreme
Being-Consciousness-Bliss. What fear and
anxiety have I? This body, mind, and
intellect are all transient, and One who is
beyond these is me."- Swami Vivekanandaji

 

There is no artist who does not like his work praised, and the Divine Artist of souls is pleased when we do not stop at the exterior, but penetrating even to the inmost sanctuary which He has chosen for His dwelling, we admire its beauty.

Saint Therese of Liseaux.

 

<3 I love her

 

"I like to work on calmly and silently, and the Lord is always with me. Follow me, if you will, by being intensely sincere, perfectly unselfish, and above all, by being perfectly pure. My blessings go with you."- Swami Vivekanandaji

 

She is a great inspiration to me, and her words often give me stregnth.


"The good God does not need years to accomplish His work of love in a soul; one ray from His Heart can, in an instant, make His flower bloom for eternity..".

St. Therese.