Quotations From Great Saints

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SaiRam.Here are some quotations from great saints.

These may help you in your daily schedule, or tasks that you have set for yourself...

BHAGAVAT GITA
He who has conquered himself by the self - he is the friend of himself, but he whose self is unconquered, his self acts as his own enemy.
He whose actions are all free a hankering of desires, whose actions have been burnt by the fire of knowledge, him the wise call a Sage.


BHAGAVATAM
As fire consumes all things, so does the fire of knowledge consume all evil and ignorance.


RAMAYANA
The Lord forgives any offence meted out to him but never condones the offence committed on His devotee.


BHAGAVATAM
Wonderful is the teacher is Sri Krishna.
Wonderful are His deeds.
Even the utterance of His holy name.
Sanctifies Him, who speaks and him who hears.

RAMAYANA
Even if they attain sovereignity, the wicked engaged in cruel deed, condemned by all men, do not enjoy it long, but fall like trees, whose roots have been severed.

UPANISHAD
Another enjoys cast off the desires that arise in the heart, the thought of possessing what.
Joy comes by renunciation of desires.
Eye sees the outer world.
Mind sees the eye.
Inner soul perceives the working of the mind.

BIBLE
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.
Love your enemies - do good to them that hate you.

DHAMMAPADA
Many garlands can be made from a heap of flowers.
Many good deeds should be done by one born a mortal.
A mind freed from contamination of lust.
Whose thoughts are free from hate.
Who has conquered both merit and demerit.
To him who is wide awake, there is no fear.

QURAN
If you publish yours alms giving, it is well, but if you hide it and give it to the poor, it will be better.
You will not attain piety, until you spend of that which you love, and whatsoever you spend, Allah is aware thereof.

TALMUD
Much Torah have I learnt, from my teachers, more from my colleagues, but from my students- most of all.
Greater is he who acts from love, than he who acts from fear.

ADI GRANTH
Realisation of truth is higher than all else.
Higher still is truthful living.
Anyone swallowing poison must die, Brother! Behold the Creator's justice, as are man's actions, so is his recompense.

PATANJALI
Self-introspection leads to the realisation of the goal.
From contentment in its perfection, one acquires superlative felicity.

GAUTAMA BUDDHA
There never was, there never will be, nor is there now a person, who is really blamed or wholly praised.
It is easy to see the faults of others, but not so easy to see one's own faults.

PROVERBS
An idealist is a person, who helps other people to be prosperous. Be sure to master yourself, before trying to master others.

TAO TE CHING
He who knows does not speak.
He who speaks does not know.
He who knows others is wise.
He who knows himself is enlightened.
He who conquers others has physical strength,
He who conquers himself is strong.

SRI SHANKARACHARYA
The mind is the place of pilgrimage where Devas, Vedas and other purifying agencies become one. A bath in that place of pilgrimage makes one immortal.
When there is no spiritual wisdom, mere wearing orange robes, Rudrakshas and other external shows- denote only the craving for material benefits and earthly pleasures.

SHRI RAMANUJACHARYA
God is the whole, the Idol is a part. He is the main torch from which many lamps are lit. He is an inexhaustible source of mercy and resplendent qualities. The idols reflect all the attributes.
There is no difference between man and man in the midst of The Divine, but all the distinctions as high and low are due to His will. In this world of diversity and multiplicity, man should develop his mind to see oneness in all human beings and this can be achieved only by love of the heart and compassion to others.

SWAMI CHINMAYANANDA
If you want to prove youself to God, improve yourself. Words of guidance are so simple, yet so deep - anybody can win, if he be the soul entry.
Unfortunately, in every field, there are so many entries and so to win , one has to cultivate excellence.

SWAMI DAYANAND
The mother, the father and the preceptor should be lovingly served with body mind and money.
Just as the tree whose root has been cut falls down, so does an unrighteous man.

SWAMI SHIVANAND
Put your heart, mind, intellect and soul even to your smallest act.
This is the secret of success.
Silence is the language of God. It is also the language of heart.

SRI SARADA DEVI
Practice meditation and by and by, your mind will be so calm, and fixed, that you will find it hard to keep away from meditation.
One must experience the effect of past action. None can escape it.
But Japa or meditation minimizes its intensity.

SRI RAMAKRISHNA PARAMAHAMSA
A truly religious man should think that other religions also have many paths leading to the truth.
One should always maintain an attitude of respect towards other religions. Dispute not, as you rest firmly on your own faith and opinion, allow others also equal liberty to stand by their own faith and opinion.

SWAMI VIVEKANANDA
Where is fate and who is fate? We reap what we sow. We are the makers of our own fate. None else has the blame, none else has the praise. We make our own destiny.
The Christian is not to become a Hindu or a Buddhist, nor a Hindu or a Buddhist to become a Christian.
Each must assimilate the spirit of other religion and yet preserve his individuality and follow his own law of growth.

SHIRDI SAI BABA
Let anyone speak hundreds of things against you, do not resent by giving a bitter reply.
If you tolerate such things, you will certainly be happy.
If anybody wants any money from you, and you are not inclined to give, do not give. But do not bark at him like a Dog.

DOCTOR ANNIE BESANT
Those who try to fulfil the maxim "know thyself" must not shrink from a little mental exertion, nor must expect mental food to drop ready cooked from the sky into a lazily opened mouth.
Each man is the person who most constantly affects his own body. Others affect it occasionally, but he always.
The speaker to whom he listens and the author of the book he reads affect his mental body, but, they are only incidents in his life. If a man thinks truth, a lie cannot make a lodgement in his mind.
If he thinks love, hate cannot disturb him. If he thinks wisdom, ignorance cannot paralyze him. Here alone is safety, here alone real power.

SRILA PRABHUPADA SWAMI
Hare Krishna Hare Rama Mantra is the transcendental process for reviving original, pure consciousness.
By chanting this, transcendental vibrations, we can cleanse away all misgivings within our heart.
The basic principle of all such misgivings is the false consciousness that I am the Lord of all that I survey.

SATYA SAI BABA
The skill that is obtained by the knowledge and study will become a kill only if misused.
This message of mine is a diamond - (dia mind), which means all ill feelings in your mind should die (get destroyed).

THIRU VALLUVAR
If thou must need long for anything, long for freedom from re-incarnation and that freedom will come to thee. If thou long to conquer longing.
He man who is pure in heart would not injure others even if he could obtain a princely estate thereby.

SRI AUROBINDO GHOSH
Sri Aurobindo's sayings are followed by thousnd's of devotees the world over.
He say's... "Because God has willed and foreseen everything, thou shall not therefore sit inactive and wait upon His providence.
For, thy action is one of His chief effective forces. "

CORINTHIANS
Let no one seek his own good.
But the good of his neighbours.

MAHATMA GANDHI
An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

SHRI KRISHNA
The man doeth that which he hath to do without attachment to the result, obtaineth The Supreme.


Jaisairam!