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https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-28-2019#5#102
There is too much talk about heaven because too many people have made a hell out of themselves.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-05-2019#6#103
Thought and emotion are not separate entities. The way you think is the way you feel.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-03-2019#7#104
Whatever you may be going through, if you are conscious about it and do a simple spiritual sadhana, it will fix itself.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-01-2019#8#105
A mundane life goes from womb to tomb. A life of awareness leads to liberation from the very process of Life and Death.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-30-2019#9#106
It is important to simplify the material aspects of your life so that the deeper dimensions of who you are can find expression.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-29-2019#10#107
Anyway, life makes you do all kinds of circus, juggling, and acrobatics. If you are well prepared, you can do it joyfully.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-27-2019#11#108
May the Divine light you up from within.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-26-2019#0#109
Self-realization means to realize how foolish you have been. Everything has been right here within you and you did not get it.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-24-2019#1#110
In search of wellbeing, we have done all kinds of insane things on this planet, but wellbeing has not happened. If wellbeing is what you seek, in is the only way out.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-22-2019#2#111
Spiritual process is for people who are bored with the good life and want to experience the fantastic source of life.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-20-2019#3#112
An intention will not make things happen. It will only set the direction. You still have to make the journey.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-18-2019#4#113
When things go wrong in life, that is when it shows who you are. When things go well, everyone can pretend to be fantastic.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-16-2019#5#114
Too many people are hungry not because there is dearth of food. It is simply because there is dearth of love and care in human hearts.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-25-2019#6#115
Life is involvement. Where there is no involvement, there is no life.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-23-2019#7#116
Success happens when you are able to use yourself to your full potential.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-21-2019#8#117
Without a sense of abandon, you will never walk full stride in your life.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-19-2019#9#118
If you are not identified with the accumulations of body and mind, you will become still. And that is all it takes to meditate.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-17-2019#10#119
If there is total clarity, there is no need for courage, because clarity will carry you across.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-15-2019#11#120
It is not sex per se which can be an impediment in one’s growth. But one’s attachment to the body definitely is an impediment.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-14-2019#0#121
Life is a fabulous phenomenon if you know how to ride it. Sadhana empowers you to ride the surf of life.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-12-2019#1#122
You are just a speck of dust in the universe. If you understand the context of your existence, you will naturally become silent.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-10-2019#2#123
All ecological problems are rooted in irresponsible growth of human population.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-08-2019#3#124
With gratitude for everything, success and victory will be yours.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-06-2019#4#125
Feminine is a powerful dimension of life. Without the feminine energy or ‘Shakti,’ there would be nothing in existence.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-04-2019#5#126
If you gain a little more mastery over your mind, body, and life energies, you can become the master of your destiny.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-13-2019#6#127
If you look at the world today, lies are mainstream – truth is a fringe phenomenon. Time to reverse this for Human fulfillment.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-11-2019#7#128
A society that fails to treat the Girl-Child as an honoured privilege will fail to blossom. There is no complete picture of Humanity without equal opportunities and participation.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-09-2019#8#129
Don’t judge someone’s spiritual process by their behaviour. The spiritual process is beyond the ways of body and mind.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-07-2019#9#130
If you treat your tools, including your own body and mind, with reverence, every activity will be a joyful and fruitful process.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-05-2019#10#131
Responsibility means being able to respond to the best of your ability to whatever situation you may face in your life.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-03-2019#11#132
The impact that Mahatma Gandhi made through peaceful means is unique in human history. This was only possible through India’s spiritual fundamentals.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-02-2019#0#133
Mahatma, a Man who found peaceful solutions for violent problems.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-30-2019#1#134
I do not believe in telling people what they should do. My business is only to make you conscious.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-28-2019#2#135
As we have responsibilities towards the living, we have responsibilities towards the dead. Within a limited period of time after Death, there is room for impacting the Dead. 
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-26-2019#3#136
The whole art of being a Guru is just this: to constantly puncture people’s ego and still manage to remain their friend.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-24-2019#4#137
Belief is of social significance, to some extent of psychological significance – but existentially, it means nothing.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-22-2019#5#138
The essence of Inner Engineering is to engineer yourself in such a way that every moment of your life is a new possibility.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-01-2019#6#139
Mahatma’s vision for India was to revitalize rural life. This is only possible by revitalizing soil and water. Mahatma Green India Mission is to unleash talents and possibilities of India.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-29-2019#7#140
Life is a mystery to enjoy, not understand. The festival of Navratri is based on this fundamental insight.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-27-2019#8#141
The greatest fulfilment in life is to do something which is much larger than yourself.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-25-2019#9#142
It is not the amount of action but the depth of experience that makes life rich and fulfilling.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-23-2019#10#143
In enlightenment, there is no pleasure, no pain – just nameless ecstasies.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-21-2019#11#144
Peace is not the highest goal in life. It is the most fundamental requirement.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-20-2019#0#145
Every thought, every reverberation you create on the level of the mind changes the chemistry in your body.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-18-2019#1#146
No job is inherently stressful. What causes stress is our compulsive reaction to challenging situations.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-16-2019#2#147
Unless you do the right things, right things will not happen to you.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-14-2019#3#148
Anger is not action – it is reaction. A state of reaction is a state of enslavement.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-12-2019#4#149
The Divine is constantly waiting at your doorstep to move in – if only you allow the necessary space.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-10-2019#5#150
Too many people are carrying grave faces. You don't have to practice your last pose in life. When it comes to death, you are a natural star.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-19-2019#6#151
With the necessary technology, simple space, even a piece of stone can be made into divine exuberance. This is the phenomenon of consecration.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-17-2019#7#152
Love is not a joy; it is a deep, wonderful pain. Everything within you should tear. Only then will you know what love is.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-15-2019#8#153
Studies show that if we plant one trillion trees on the planet, the entire climate change process can be reversed.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-13-2019#9#154
In deep, conscious involvement with everything around you, there is no entanglement; there is just joy.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-11-2019#10#155
The first step towards knowing is to see that you do not know.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-09-2019#11#156
If you function in the world without being concerned about what is happening to life around you – that is being criminal.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-06-2022#0#157
To be able to sit still, contortions of the Body alone will not do. You have to come to terms with the Mechanics of the Mind.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-04-2022#1#158
Being restful even in activity is lubrication for your system. If you are not restful, there will be friction within you.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-02-2022#2#159
Whether you have a Plan or believe in Predictions is what makes the difference between Success and Chance.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-31-2022#3#160
If we as a nation act in unity, awareness, and focus, we can take a huge segment of humanity to another level of living. May the nation move into an era of new possibilities.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-29-2022#4#161
Yoga is about shifting your investments from your body, mind, and emotions to your being – from imagination to reality.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-27-2022#5#162
Human creativity is just imitation of things that are already there.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-05-2022#6#163
Your thoughts and emotions are of no existential consequence. They are your creation – you could make them any way you want.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-03-2022#7#164
Love is not about sappy talk. It is a deep sense of integrity and commitment.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-01-2022#8#165
Yoga is about learning to listen to and be guided by the voice of Nature, to be here as an extension of the Earth.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-30-2022#9#166
If you are alive to life, you will never know monotony. But if you just live in your mind, then everything will be monotonous because the mind is repetitive in nature.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-28-2022#10#167
There is a difference between easy and lazy. If you do life easy, you can do a lot more.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-26-2022#11#168
If you do not come out of your shell, you are just a nut.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-08-2019#0#169
If tears of love, joy, and ecstasy have not washed your cheeks, you are yet to taste life.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-06-2019#1#170
I have never been lonely because the source of creation has never left me for a moment, has never left anyone for a moment.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-04-2019#2#171
Guru’s Grace is not designed to fulfill your plans but life’s plan for you.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-02-2019#3#172
Never form an opinion on anyone. How they are in this moment is all that matters. How they are tomorrow, let us see. Tomorrow must be created, not concretized right now.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/august-31-2019#4#173
If every aspect of your life becomes a process of growth, then you are in yoga.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/august-29-2019#5#174
Hope is for the sad. They are hoping that tomorrow, they will be joyful. The joyful are joyful right now.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-07-2019#6#175
People who think only good things should happen to them are unfit for life. If you do not know how to go through harsh situations joyfully, you will avoid all possibilities.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-05-2019#7#176
Spirituality is not moral science. Spirituality is about enhancing the life that you are.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-03-2019#8#177
Cauvery Calling is a twelve year commitment for me and everyone else with me. This one aspect, if you fulfill, your karma for this world is done.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-01-2019#9#178
The most precious thing in life is life itself. Are you getting this now or only on your deathbed?
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/august-30-2019#10#179
In this culture, we never aspired for heaven. We always said the highest is liberation. Mukti is the goal.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/august-28-2019#11#180
If you cannot embrace everything the way it is, if you accept some and reject others, you will only have morality, no spirituality.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/august-27-2019#0#181
The way you breathe is the way you think. The way you think is the way you breathe.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/august-25-2019#1#182
Our body is essentially soil and water. The quality of our soil and water determines the quality of our food, our body, and our life.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/august-23-2019#2#183
Only if you clean your energy system of karmic imprint, can you change your destiny. This is why yogic kriyas are important.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/august-21-2019#3#184
The body is individual. The mind is individual. Consciousness cannot be individual – it can only be inclusive.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/august-19-2019#4#185
No relationship is absolute – it is always variable. You have to conduct it well on a daily basis.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/august-17-2019#5#186
Most people in the world are not busy – they are just preoccupied.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/august-26-2019#6#187
Fear arises simply because you are not living with life – you are living in your mind.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/august-24-2019#7#188
If you want to explore the deepest dimensions of life playfully, you need a heart full of love, a joyful mind, and a vibrant body.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/august-22-2019#8#189
Whether you call it a stone, a beast, a tree, a Human, a demon, or the Divine – everything is the same energy, manifesting itself in a million different ways. As a Human, choose how to manifest.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/august-20-2019#9#190
This is what life is about – something bigger than ourselves must happen. That is the significance of these millions of years of evolution.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/august-18-2019#10#191
Compulsiveness is like darkness – you cannot fight with it. You have to turn on the light of consciousness.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/august-16-2019#11#192
Spiritual process means your life is not driven by your physical nature. Life’s intrinsic intelligence needs to find expression.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/august-15-2019#0#193
Our seven decades of political freedom will go in vain if we don’t leave abundant water and a rich soil for future generations. On India’s 73rd Independence Day, it’s time to FREE INDIA of water crisis. Let’s make it happen.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/august-13-2019#1#194
There are no bad children – only bad influences.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/august-11-2019#2#195
Life is just a slice of time. If one values life, one has to do everything at the right time.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/august-10-2019#3#196
If you apply only your intellect, ignoring other aspects of intelligence, you will get confused about every little thing in life.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/august-08-2019#4#197
With Relentless Commitment, you can create the most incredible.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/august-06-2019#5#198
Enormous potential and possibilities are destroyed in your life by the fear of suffering.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/august-14-2019#6#199
Water is not a commodity but life-making material. Two thirds of your body is water; being conscious of this fact is vital to human survival.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/august-12-2019#7#200
Fortunate for the nation Monsoon is near normal, but complacency during wet season and desperation during dry seasons is not the way. Trees and vegetation only way to keep the blessings of Monsoon for the whole year.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/august-10-2019-0#8#201
If you apply only your intellect, ignoring other aspects of intelligence, you will get confused about every little thing in life.