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.

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.

China's idea of fair trade is government subsidies of its textile and apparel exports to the United States, currency manipulation, and forgiveness of loans by its government banks.

Banks have a new image. Now you have 'a friend,' your friendly banker. If the banks are so friendly, how come they chain down the pens?

This nation is like a spring freshet; it overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path.

When ATM machines came out and people were prosecuted for robbing ATM machines, I don't think anybody thought the banks were against technology because they didn't want their ATM machines lifted.

There's another way we are getting behind business - by sorting out the banks. Taxpayers bailed you out. Now it's time for you to repay the favour and start lending to Britain's small businesses.

A graphic representation of data abstracted from the banks of every computer in the human system. Unthinkable complexity. Lines of light ranged in the nonspace of the mind, clusters and constellations of data. Like city lights, receding.

Before 1980, it was basically illegal for U.S. banks to invent new products.

The white spruce forest along the banks is most inspiring, magnificent here. Down the terraced slopes and right to the water's edge on the alluvial soil it stands in ranks.

Before the arrival of the Credit Union, people who were from the poor background or a working class background couldn't borrow from banks.

Not an old woman that buys a paper of pins, without yielding a part of the price to the banks as interest!

International lending banks need to focus on areas where private investment doesn't go, such as infrastructure projects, education and poverty relief.

At a time when going to college has never been more important, it's never been more expensive, and our nation's families haven't been in this kind of financial duress since the great depression. And so what we have is just sort of a miraculous opportunity simply by stopping the subsidy to banks when we already have the risk of loans. We can plow those savings into our students. And we can make college dramatically more affordable, tens of billions of dollars over the next decade.

We sometime didn't get enough to buy oats for our horses. Most banks had very little money in them.

The rivers of America will run with blood filled to their banks before we will submit to them taking the Bible out of our schools.

A few hours' ride brought us to the banks of the river Kansas.

Is there any reason why the American people should be taxed to guarantee the debts of banks, any more than they should be taxed to guarantee the debts of other institutions, including merchants, the industries, and the mills of the country?

Japan's experience suggests the importance of assessing the sustainability of price stability over a fairly long period, which many central banks have emphasized in recent years.

Out in the lonely woods the jasmine burns Its fragrant lamps, and turns Into a royal court with green festoons The banks of dark lagoons.

But if you want to continue to be slaves of the banks and pay the cost of your own slavery, then let bankers continue to create money and control credit.

Drive-in banks were established so most of the cars today could see their real owners.