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https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-20-2016#5#1602
Yoga predates all religion. When the idea of religion did not yet exist in human mind, yoga was.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-29-2016#6#1603
Only when you are truly joyful, can you genuinely reach out to other people.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-27-2016#7#1604
If you like or dislike something, you cannot see it the way it is. Either you exaggerate it in a positive way or in a negative way.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-25-2016#8#1605
Revolutions can sometimes lead to wellbeing. But usually, they only replace one tyrant with another set of tyrants.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-23-2016#9#1606
If you are conscious that you are mortal, there is no time to do anything stupid. You have to stay on track.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-21-2016#10#1607
If you realize your life is 100% your responsibility, there is no room for being resentful towards anyone.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-19-2016#11#1608
Do not make life decisions based on immediate compulsions. Looking back after many years, it should still be a worthwhile choice.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-18-2016#0#1609
The significance of Adiyogi is he provided methods to evolve human consciousness that are relevant for all times.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-16-2016#1#1610
Don’t judge someone’s spiritual process by their behavior. The spiritual process is beyond the ways of body and mind.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-14-2016#2#1611
You may have a family, work, and things to do, but not for a moment should you forget the fundamental purpose of your life.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-12-2016#3#1612
Unless a powerful spiritual movement sweeps the world, psychological instability will become the norm.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-10-2016#4#1613
Integrity is not just about the way you act when others are watching. It is about the way you are within yourself.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-08-2016#5#1614
If what is happening in the world is not the way you want it, at least what is happening within you must be the way you want it.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-17-2016#6#1615
If we want everyone to be well, we need to rethink everything we do and the way we do it in the world.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-15-2016#7#1616
Good intentions are not enough. It takes the right action, performed with the right consciousness, to produce the necessary results.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-13-2016#8#1617
Restfulness is a kind of lubrication tool for your system. Not enough rest means there will be friction within you.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-11-2016#9#1618
One moment of absolute gratitude can transform your whole life.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-09-2016#10#1619
Silly trends come and go. Life goes on.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-07-2016#11#1620
Total involvement in work does not kill you. It can make you far more resilient, competent, and effective in everything you do.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/june-30-2022#0#1621
If all your energies are focused in one direction, enlightenment is not far away. After all, what you are seeking is already within you.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/june-28-2022#1#1622
There is security in repetitive life patterns, but there are no possibilities, no growth.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/june-26-2022#2#1623
By trying to punish someone, you only end up punishing yourself.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/june-24-2022#3#1624
Dhyanalinga is like a living Guru. The main role of a Guru is not to give teachings and guidance but to ignite your energies.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/june-22-2022#4#1625
Disillusionment is not a bad thing as, if your illusions are shattered, it means you are getting closer to reality.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/june-20-2022#5#1626
Essentially, you are life. If life is happening in a spectacular way within you – that is ultimate success.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/june-29-2022#6#1627
Once you create a distance between you and your body, between you and your mind, that is the end of suffering.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/june-27-2022#7#1628
If you want to be healthy and well, the first step is to pay attention to what is happening in your system.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/june-25-2022#8#1629
If you break the shell of your personality, you will simply be a Presence – as life is, as God is, just a Presence.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/june-23-2022#9#1630
Whatever your capabilities, you must stretch them to the limit and a little beyond.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/june-21-2022#10#1631
This is the most important aspect of Yoga: an absolute experience of the inclusiveness and immensity of all life. Save Soil.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/june-19-2022#11#1632
You need to know when to use logic and when not. All the beautiful things in life look stupid if you logically analyze them.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-06-2016#0#1633
I don’t believe in material wealth. My wealth is in the hearts of people.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-04-2016#1#1634
Cancer is a serious aberration in the human system. Classical Yoga brings harmony and neutralizes aberrations.  
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-02-2016#2#1635
The body is an animal – it wants to gather things and procreate. That’s why so much energy goes into the struggle for money and sex.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-31-2016#3#1636
Consciousness is non-physical. What is non-physical is naturally one.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-29-2016#4#1637
If you want to make yourself miserable, you have endless opportunities, because always, someone will do something you don’t like.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-27-2016#5#1638
God is not a destination but a doorway.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-05-2016#6#1639
Every human being is spiritual in some way. It is just that some people claim the mantle.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-03-2016#7#1640
May you be overwhelmed by life, this tremendous phenomenon that is creation and Creator at once!
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-01-2016#8#1641
Any conclusion about life is bound to be a lie.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-30-2016#9#1642
Time and physicality are directly related. Time exists in your experience only because of your physicality.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-28-2016#10#1643
Energy is useful only if you can direct it the way you want. That is when a human being transforms into a spiritual possibility.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-26-2016#11#1644
The idea of Nationhood needs love and pride in the hearts of the people to make it a great Nation.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-25-2016#0#1645
It is time to conquer the world with inclusiveness and generosity, not with wars and brutal power.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-23-2016#1#1646
To ignore mortality is the greatest ignorance.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-21-2016#2#1647
Throw yourself into things you can change and accept the things you cannot change, or you will end up upset and not do what you can.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-19-2016#3#1648
For the health of the economy, we compromise the health of human beings. It is time we let consciousness guide our lives.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-17-2016#4#1649
Whatever you do, just check – is it for the wellbeing of others, or is it about you? If it is about you, you shouldn’t do it.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-15-2016#5#1650
Sankranti or Pongal is in celebration of all that makes our life – the land, animals, air, water, and people. Rejoice!
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-24-2016#6#1651
This is a day and time of receptivity, Grace, enlightenment, and ultimate liberation. May you be inspired for the highest.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-22-2016#7#1652
If you consciously hold an asana, it can alter the way you think, feel, and experience life. This is what hatha yoga can do.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-20-2016#8#1653
There are no bad children – only bad influences.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-18-2016#9#1654
It is my wish and my blessing that things that you never thought possible will happen to you.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-16-2016#10#1655
The ones who engineered yogic culture were not ruled by thoughts and emotions. They were guided by awareness and perception.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-14-2016#11#1656
To be able to sit still, working only on your body is not enough. You also have to settle your mind, emotions, and energy.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-13-2016#0#1657
When you do not know what to choose, show total involvement in everything. Then life will choose, and it is never wrong.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-11-2016#1#1658
If you apply only your intellect, you will get confused about every little thing in life.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-09-2016#2#1659
Never before has the world been more promiscuous. At the same time, never before has the world been more prudish.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-07-2016#3#1660
Whatever you do or give, one thing is most important – that you do it with a truly loving heart.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-05-2016#4#1661
However dear something may be to you, including your own body and life, you must know how to let it go gracefully when the time comes.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-03-2016#5#1662
Irresponsible reproduction is creating a horrific situation. Women who consciously decide not to bear a child should be awarded.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-12-2016#6#1663
If the world was guided by youth, it would be a better place. They are the ones who are most alive, idealistic, and energetic.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-10-2016#7#1664
You can deepen your experience of life only if you are wide open to everything, without identifying yourself with anything.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-08-2016#8#1665
Only if you clean your energy system of karmic residue, can you change your destiny. This is why yogic kriyas are important.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-06-2016#9#1666
I am not here to solace you. I am here to awaken you.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-04-2016#10#1667
Don’t aspire for enlightenment. The aspiration should be to grow beyond your limitations quick.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-02-2016#11#1668
Scale up your love! Why only love one person when you can fall in love with the whole universe.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-01-2016#0#1669
Be in joy or misery – the sands of time shall continue to slip by. With the onset of the new year, bring urgency to Rise and Shine. Love & Grace,
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-30-2015#1#1670
Human beings are thinking too much of themselves. We are just a small part of what is happening here.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-28-2015#2#1671
The best thing that you can do for the world is to be a joyful and blissful human being.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-26-2015#3#1672
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/december-24-2015#4#1673
Whatever may come our way, how we respond to it and what we make out of it is 100% ours.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-22-2015#5#1674
Mathematics did not get invented in a classroom. It is in the nature of the Universe.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-31-2015#6#1675
If you know how to manage your energies well, success in whatever you do will come naturally for you.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-29-2015#7#1676
To be effective, spiritual movements should not identify with a particular culture, religion, framework, or scripture.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-27-2015#8#1677
By trying to punish someone, you only end up punishing yourself.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-25-2015#9#1678
May the religions of the world strive for an inclusive and harmonious world.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-23-2015#10#1679
Only when tempered with devotion, love, and involvement, is intellect a good thing. By itself, it is quite a nuisance.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-21-2015#11#1680
A Guru is a catalyst. His presence activates, enhances, and hastens the spiritual process.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-20-2015#0#1681
Tradition is not repetition. It means using the wisdom and experience of previous generations for your growth and new possibilities.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-18-2015#1#1682
Being spiritual is not about giving up the physical but about transcending it.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-16-2015#2#1683
Leadership means inclusiveness and reaching out, not dominance and power.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-14-2015#3#1684
To find something worthwhile in your life, you have to lose yourself.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-12-2015#4#1685
Discipline does not mean control. Discipline means having the sense to do exactly what is needed.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-10-2015#5#1686
By injecting life energy, you can make a physical form into a divine force. That's the science of creating deities and yantras.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-19-2015#6#1687
Only when you are in absolute tune with existence, you know it the way it is. Otherwise you know it the way your mind interprets it.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-17-2015#7#1688
Every thought that you generate creates an electric impulse in the system. When in excess, it throws the body off balance.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-15-2015#8#1689
Sadhana is not about getting somewhere – it is about getting in tune with existence.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-13-2015#9#1690
In the stillness of the mind, intelligence can blossom beyond human limitations.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-11-2015#10#1691
My whole life is devoted to every human being, every creature on the planet. Devotion is just a deeper love affair.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-09-2015#11#1692
How the five elements behave within your system makes the difference between wellness and illness, peace and turmoil, joy and misery.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-08-2015#0#1693
Looking good is not important. Is life a great experience for you or not? This is what is important. This shift in values must happen.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-06-2015#1#1694
Being on the spiritual path does not mean trying to get closer to the Divine – you are seeking to become one with the Divine.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-04-2015#2#1695
Grace does not descend – Grace is always. You just have to make yourself receptive to it.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-02-2015#3#1696
Religions exist only because people don't experience the Creator within them. Otherwise, who would believe God is sitting in heaven?
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-30-2015#4#1697
The mind is society’s garbage bin. Everyone who passes by stuffs something into it.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-28-2015#5#1698
You do not have to raise your consciousness – you have to raise yourself to find access to it.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-07-2015#6#1699
Everything in existence has its own sound – the wind, the water, the earth, the sky, and all the celestial objects.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-05-2015#7#1700
The outside can inspire and guide you, but knowing yourself always has to come from within.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-03-2015#8#1701
The mind is an accumulation of the past. Once you transcend the mind, the past has no more power over you.