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https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/june-03-2016#1#1502
Speech is of the society. Words are of the mind. Sounds are of nature. The soundless is of the beyond.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/june-01-2016#2#1503
Leadership should not be an aspiration. It should be a consequence of competence.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-30-2016#3#1504
The purpose of life is life alone. Fulfillment is in experiencing all its dimensions.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-28-2016#4#1505
Everyone has dreams, but how many are willing to stake their lives to fulfill these dreams?
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-26-2016#5#1506
No matter what kind of intellect you have, it is never enough to grasp the nature of existence.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/june-04-2016#6#1507
Yogis are not against pleasure. It is just that they found something much more intense and enduring within themselves.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/june-02-2016#7#1508
Whatever you do, do it in style. But not necessarily in one particular style.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-31-2016#8#1509
Yoga ultimately means to obliterate all your boundaries and know freedom.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-29-2016#9#1510
Opinions are like cataracts of the eyes – definitely not a way to enhance your perception.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-27-2016#10#1511
In this culture, you not only have the freedom to choose your god, but to create the sort of god that you can relate to.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-25-2016#11#1512
The most fundamental aspect on the spiritual path is to be one hundred percent straight with yourself.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-24-2016#0#1513
What is good may not please everyone – what is pleasing may not be good for everyone.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-22-2016#1#1514
If you understand who you are on the cosmic scale, you will live gently. Let all that you touch be a blessing.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-20-2016#2#1515
Everything in existence is in dynamic motion. Either move with it or rise above it.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-18-2016#3#1516
All evil comes from people whose idea of wellbeing only includes themselves, their own family, community, race, religion, or nation.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-16-2016#4#1517
Democracy means all of us should actively participate to make this a wonderful place to live, not point fingers.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-14-2016#5#1518
You are not only attached to the people you like or love. Your attachment to those you dislike or hate is much deeper.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-23-2016#6#1519
Mastery of anything does not come without absolute devotion.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-21-2016#7#1520
On this day, Gautama the Buddha realized all it takes for enlightenment to happen is to make it the number one priority in life.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-19-2016#8#1521
Ignorance is a boundless reality. What you are yet to know is a limitless possibility.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-17-2016#9#1522
The Divine is far more inebriating than wine.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-15-2016#10#1523
With every breath, we are one step closer to the grave. Now is the time to explore a dimension beyond body and mind.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-13-2016#11#1524
Spirituality has nothing to do with the atmosphere you live in. It’s about the atmosphere you create within yourself.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-12-2016#0#1525
If done properly, every asana is an energy process.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-10-2016#1#1526
Are you creating poison within you or the fragrance of the Divine? This is a choice.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-08-2016#2#1527
The significance of motherhood is not in the biological process but in the willingness to include another life as a part of yourself.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-06-2016#3#1528
The Kumbh Mela is an offshoot of Bhuta Shuddhi, a process to transform the elements within your system.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-04-2016#4#1529
Existence is one whole process. You are not a separate entity.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-02-2016#5#1530
Being human means having the possibility to consciously shape yourself.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-11-2016#6#1531
In marriages, there are divergent expectations. The woman expects the man to change. The man expects the woman to never change.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-09-2016#7#1532
You cannot fix the past, but you can create a distance with it. That is how the yogic system approaches it.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-07-2016#8#1533
If you know one piece of life in its absolute nature, you know everything else by inference.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-05-2016#9#1534
The only reason why people have such a fear of death is they know nothing beyond the body.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-03-2016#10#1535
Optimism and pessimism are nothing but attitudes. Either way, you are trying to deny reality.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-01-2016#11#1536
Economic activity is truly successful only when all the 7.4 billion people in the world are involved and benefiting in some way.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-30-2016#0#1537
Who you are should be established by the way you are within yourself, not by what you do.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-28-2016#1#1538
The air doesn’t love you, but it gives life. That’s how you should become – simply nourishing everything around you.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-26-2016#2#1539
You should always be effervescent, balanced, and a bit extreme.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-24-2016#3#1540
If you are truly joyful, you won’t be looking for satisfaction.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-22-2016#4#1541
Planting a tree is an enormous expression of love. You never know if you will enjoy its shade or fruits, but you know someone will.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-20-2016#5#1542
If you act out of your humanity, you will always be inclusive, and you will always do the right thing.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-29-2016#6#1543
With firm likes and dislikes, you shut your doors to the rest of existence.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-27-2016#7#1544
If you turn inward, you will find a space where there is a solution for everything.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-25-2016#8#1545
The biggest barrier that human beings face in touching, experiencing, and knowing the Divine is unwillingness to transcend logic.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-23-2016#9#1546
Hatha yoga is not body-bending business.  It is about taking charge of the way you think, feel, and perceive life.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-21-2016#10#1547
Devotion means keeping your intellect aside to let a larger intelligence function through you.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-19-2016#11#1548
In frustration, dejection, and depression, you work against yourself.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-18-2016#0#1549
This is a culture where temples were built to raise human consciousness. Everything was dedicated to reaching mukti.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-16-2016#1#1550
Our concept of education has to go beyond manufacturing cogs for the economic engine.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-14-2016#2#1551
Being alive is the greatest phenomenon, not just on this planet, but in the whole cosmos.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-12-2016#3#1552
Yoga has lived for over 15,000 years without any enforcement, because of its sheer efficacy.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-10-2016#4#1553
If you see someone doing something wrong, condemn the action, not the person.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-08-2016#5#1554
Life is not in its use. There is nothing to get out of it. If you live it totally, that’s it.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-17-2016#6#1555
Do what really matters to you in life. Whatever it is, it should be worthy of you.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-15-2016#7#1556
Mental suffering essentially comes from a loss of perspective as to what life is all about.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-13-2016#8#1557
In any situation, there are only two options – you can either be a part of the problem or a part of the solution.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-11-2016#9#1558
You can create a million lies, but there is only one truth.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-09-2016#10#1559
The mind is like a puzzle with too many pieces missing. Trying to make sense out of it makes no sense.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-07-2016#11#1560
Health is essentially based on balance and harmony within you and with everything around you.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-06-2016#0#1561
There is nothing to invent in the universe – in some way, everything is already there. We can only discover its many facets.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-04-2016#1#1562
A life of excess is not a good life. Excess of anything leads to perversion and depression.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-02-2016#2#1563
The solar system is like a potter’s wheel. The way it spins is the way the system has manifested itself.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-31-2016#3#1564
If you want your relationship to work, constantly remind yourself that the other is more significant than you.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-29-2016#4#1565
Our idea of human importance has to change. We are just another life form on the planet.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-27-2016#5#1566
Anger and fear are only byproducts of compulsiveness. What you need to work on is the compulsiveness.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-05-2016#6#1567
If you want to step into the next moment as a completely new being, Shiva is the way.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-03-2016#7#1568
This is the nature of existence – if you do the right things, the right things will happen to you.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-01-2016#8#1569
Even if you practice yoga for all the wrong reasons, if you do it right, it still works.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-30-2016#9#1570
Belief offers solace. The search for truth is the solution.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-28-2016#10#1571
There are no problems, only situations. It’s in how you approach them.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-26-2016#11#1572
In turning inward, life opens up dimensions and possibilities unknown.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-25-2016#0#1573
Do everything like it is the last thing you do. There is nothing to hold back, nothing to save for later.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-23-2016#1#1574
Heaven and hell are not physical locations. You create them within yourself.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-21-2016#2#1575
There is only one way to put mystical experiences into words, and that is poetry.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-19-2016#3#1576
The longing to experience something more is inherent in humans. Unless we bring forth a spiritual process, drugs will be ubiquitous.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-17-2016#4#1577
That which binds you in life can also free you. The door that imprisons you is also the door to liberation.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-15-2016#5#1578
Youth should move smoothly through the world. Their immense energy and potential should not be wasted in friction.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-24-2016#6#1579
Color is visual fragrance.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-22-2016#7#1580
One who has a longing to grow has to ensure to be receptive to Grace.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-20-2016#8#1581
The beauty of spring is, the fruit is yet to come, but the flower is a promise and a possibility.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-18-2016#9#1582
Life is a far larger phenomenon than thought.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-16-2016#10#1583
Engineering the outside world can create comfort and convenience. Only engineering your interiority can create wellbeing.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-14-2016#11#1584
This is the age of expression without perception. To know life, you need perception.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-13-2016#0#1585
The quality and quantity of your harvest is in direct proportion to the quality and quantity of your striving.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-11-2016#1#1586
Memory is like a treadmill. It gives you a lot of exercise, never takes you anywhere.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-09-2016#2#1587
In a way, all sadhana is aimed at heightening your energy, your awareness, and your presence.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-07-2016#3#1588
Make this Great Night of Shiva not just a night of wakefulness but of true Awakening.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-05-2016#4#1589
It takes inspiration and activity to the point of insanity to create something truly worthwhile for everyone.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-03-2016#5#1590
As long as you experience yourself as a limited entity, you are bound to feel threatened.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-12-2016#6#1591
Of all kinds of karma, using occult forces for one’s own benefit or to the harm of others has the worst consequences for oneself.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-10-2016#7#1592
How alive, active, passionate, or even ecstatic you are simply depends on your level of intensity.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-08-2016#8#1593
The idea that women are inferior to men is absurd. When a man is born of a woman, how can he be superior and she inferior.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-06-2016#9#1594
Your anger is your problem – keep it to yourself.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-04-2016#10#1595
In their very structure, Indian classical music and dance are designed to create a spiritual possibility.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-02-2016#11#1596
There is no insurance for love. It takes awareness to keep it alive.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-01-2016#0#1597
If not every day, at least once a month, take stock – are you transforming into a better Human?
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-28-2016#1#1598
Enlightenment happens quietly, like the blossoming of a flower.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-26-2016#2#1599
The purpose of existence is to exist. It is too enormous, intricate, and fantastic to need any other purpose.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-24-2016#3#1600
Thinking is just a recycling of data that you have gathered in the past.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-22-2016#4#1601
Dharma is not a teaching, philosophy, or belief system. It is based on clarity of vision about life here and hereafter.