Swami Sivananda

Today is your own. Tomorrow perchance may never come.

Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves.

A desire arises in the mind. It is satisfied immediately another comes. In the interval which separates two desires a perfect calm reigns in the mind. It is at this moment freed from all thought, love or hate. Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves.

Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself.

The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle.

Do not love leisure. Waste not a minute. Be bold. Realize the Truth, here and now!

Thinking of disease constantly will intensify it. Feel always 'I am healthily in body and mind'.

God is all-full. He is self-contained. He is eternal satisfaction.

A mountain is composed of tiny grains of earth. The ocean is made up of tiny drops of water. Even so, life is but an endless series of little details, actions, speeches, and thoughts. And the consequences whether good or bad of even the least of them are far-reaching.

Moral values, and a culture and a religion, maintaining these values are far better than laws and regulations.

Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy.

There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.

Go beyond science, into the region of metaphysics. Real religion is beyond argument. It can only be lived both inwardly and outwardly.

Your duty is to treat everybody with love as a manifestation of the Lord.

Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.

Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.

When you have succeeded in enshrining God within your heart you will see Him everywhere.

Put your heart mind intellect and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.