In the Bhagavad Gita, there is no long discussion, nothing elaborate. The main reason for this is that everything stated in the Gita is meant to be tested in the life of every man; it is intended to be verified in practice.

Life does not mean mere karma or mere bhakti or mere jnana.

We cannot fight new wars with old weapons.

In the Bhagavad Gita, there is no long discussion, nothing elaborate. The main reason for this is that everything stated in the Gita is meant to be tested in the life of every man; it is intended to be verified in practice.

The main reason why we look constantly to the Gita is that, whenever we need help, we may get it from the Gita. And, indeed, we always do get it.

We cannot even recollect the actions of our infancy, our childhood is like something written on a slate and rubbed off.

Human life is full of the play of samskaras - tendencies developed by repeated actions.

We have seen from experience that, if we are in the habit of walking regularly on the same road, we are able to think about other things while walking, without paying attention to our steps.

If we could only snap the fetters of the body that bind the feet of the soul, we shall experience a great joy. Then we shall not be miserable because of the body's sufferings. We shall become free.

In nonviolence you must go full steam ahead, if you want the good to come speedily you must go about it with vigor.

If we wish our nature to be free and joyous, we should bring our activities into same order.

The natural movement of one's soul is upwards. But just as any object is dragged down when a heavy weight is tied to it, the burden of the body drags down the soul.

All revolutions are spiritual at the source. All my activities have the sole purpose of achieving a union of hearts.

Though the names karma yoga and sannyasa are different, the truth at the heart of both is the same.

Do not allow yourself to imagine that revolutionary thinking can be propagated by governmental power.

The river flows at its own sweet will, but the flood is bound in the two banks. If it were not thus bound, its freedom would be wasted.

Innumerable actions are going on through us all the time. If we started counting them, we should never come to an end.

When a thing is true, there is no need to use any arguments to substantiate it.

It is a curious phenomena that God has made the hearts of the poor, rich and those of the rich, poor.

If a man achieves victory over this body, who in the world can exercise power over him? He who rules himself rules over the whole world.

In this world of chance and change and mutability, the fulfillment of any resolve depends on the will of the Lord.

A country should be defended not by arms, but by ethical behavior.

It is only when our life proceeds within bounds and in an accepted, disciplined way, that the mind can be free.

'Talks on the Gita' is the story of my life, and it is also my message.

A sword in hand is a sure sign of a violent mind; but one does not become non-violent merely by throwing the sword away.

God guides us from within. He does nothing more than that. There is no charm in God shaping us like a potter. We are not earthen wares; we are beings full of consciousness.

I may worship the image of the Lord; but that act is worthless if it is not accompanied with devotion. In the absence of devotion, the idol will just be a piece of stone, and so shall I; and the worship will only mean that a stone is facing a stone!

If a man achieves victory over this body who in the world can exercise power over him He who rules himself rules over the whole world.

Human life is full of the play of samskaras tendencies developed by repeated actions.

In the Bhagavad Gita, there is no long discussion, nothing elaborate. The main reason for this is that everything stated in the Gita is meant to be tested in the life of every man; it is intended to be verified in practice.

The main reason why we look constantly to the Gita is that, whenever we need help, we may get it from the Gita. And, indeed, we always do get it.

The Gita is the greatest gospel of spiritual works ever yet given to the race.

Roosevelt's magic lay in one facet of his personality: He knew how to take the risk. No other man in public life I knew could so readily take the challenge of the new.

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.

Art teaches nothing, except the significance of life.

If it came to saving the life of one priest or sacrificing the life of an entire congregation, the church would save the life of the priest. Which is backwards, of course.

Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.

All literary men are Red Sox fans - to be a Yankee fan in a literate society is to endanger your life.

At the end, the realization is that she had to get to a place in her life where she could drop her guard and make peace with the fact that whether she had a small amount of time, that she had to kind of live it completely through, instead of living by the rules.

You have choices to make about what you do with the rest of your life.

From the standpoint of observation, then, we must regard it as a highly probable hypothesis that the beginnings of the mental life date from as far back as the beginnings of life at large.

I want to have babies one day but not right now. When I do it I want to do it really well. I want it to be my best project in life.

Any judge who allows an adulterer with a live-in girlfriend to terminate the life of his wife should be impeached.

I can assure you, public service is a stimulating, proud and lively enterprise. It is not just a way of life, it is a way to live fully.

The work which is manipulated looks a little boring to me. I think life is pretty strange anyway. It is wooo, wooo, wooo!

With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things.

This isn't life in the fast lane, it's life in the oncoming traffic.

The good parts of a book may be only something a writer is lucky enough to overhear or it may be the wreck of his whole damn life and one is as good as the other.

Sometimes life's so much cooler when you just don't know any better and all the painful lessons have not hammered your head open yet.