Shrimad Bhagavad Gita

The Gita is not a book of commandments but a book of choice.

We behold what we are, and we are what we behold.

The true goal of action is knowledge of the Self.

“Tat tvam asi”: “Thou art That”: “Atman is Brahman”: The Self in each person is not different from the Godhead.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. We are made of our thoughts; we are molded by our thoughts.

Reshape yourself through the power of your will; never let yourself be degraded by self-will. The will is the only friend of the Self, and the will is the only enemy of the Self.

The Gita places human destiny entirely in human hands. Its world is not deterministic, but neither is it an expression of blind chance: we shape ourselves and our world by what we believe and think and act on, whether for good or for ill.

Set thy heart upon thy work, but never on its reward.

Perform all work carefully, guided by compassion.

There is more to life than the everyday experience of our senses.

Selfish action imprisons the world. Act selflessly, without any thought of personal profit.

They live in wisdom who see themselves in all and all in them, who have renounced every selfish desire and sense craving tormenting the heart.

When a person responds to the joys and sorrows of others as if they were his own, he has attained the highest state of spiritual union.

The immature think that knowledge and action are different, but the wise see them as the same.

How can you truly love the one you're with when you can't forget the one who got away?

Lust, anger, and greed are the three doors to hell.

The very heart of the Gita’s message is to see the Lord in every creature and act accordingly.