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https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-22-2018#5#702
Destiny is what you create for yourself. Fate is when you fail to create your own destiny.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-31-2018#6#703
Until you know the pure ecstasy of being, your life is not fulfilled.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-29-2018#7#704
“God” is just a name to refer to something that is beyond all limitations.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-27-2018#8#705
Every breath you take, you are getting closer to the grave. But every breath you take, you can also get closer to your liberation.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-25-2018#9#706
If you give yourself absolutely to what you are doing, you are a natural devotee.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-23-2018#10#707
There are no chosen ones in the world. The Divine is equally involved with everyone and everything.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-21-2018#11#708
It is the openness of your heart that will allow you to experience the mystical.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-20-2018#0#709
If your energy body is in full vibrancy, the physical body will naturally fix itself.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-18-2018#1#710
The idea of marriage is to multiply joy. If you multiply your miseries, it’s a crime.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-15-2018#2#711
By trying to punish someone, you only end up punishing yourself.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-13-2018#3#712
My mother set the ambience for me, without which I would not be what I am. Motherhood is not of biology but of unconditional Inclusion.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-11-2018#4#713
Yoga is a way to produce a chemistry of blissfulness. Once you are blissful by your own nature, you can deal with outside situations effortlessly.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-09-2018#5#714
It is good to take some time off for sadhana. Without your activity, the world will not end.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-19-2018#6#715
Death is a cosmic joke. If you get the joke, falling on the other side will be wonderful.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-16-2018#7#716
Devotion is a dimension that will allow you to sail across even if you do not know the way.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-14-2018#8#717
If kundalini rises, it unleashes a flood that wipes away your petty creations and leaves you as the Creator intended you to be.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-12-2018#9#718
If you are too serious about everything, you will only know thoughts and emotions. You will not know life.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-10-2018#10#719
If your illusions are shattered, it means you are getting closer to reality.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-08-2018#11#720
If you make yourself into something truly wonderful, your children will look up and listen to you.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-07-2018#0#721
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/may-05-2018#1#722
I am not your destination, just an open doorway. A doorway to all that Adiyogi stands for – all his knowing and all the possibilities.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-03-2018#2#723
Our presence here is just for a short period of time. We do not have to shorten it by fighting each other.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-01-2018#3#724
Considering a human being as a resource is a crime. A human being is a possibility that needs nurturing to unfold.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-29-2018#4#725
Intoxication or soma is the nature of the moon. On the full moon night, immerse yourself in the grace of the moonlight, to be inebriated with the fullness of life.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-27-2018#5#726
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/may-06-2018#6#727
The mind is a powerful instrument. A conscious, single-pointed thought will naturally manifest in the world.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-04-2018#7#728
If you want to be successful, all you need to do is enhance your perception and intelligence. The rest will fall into place.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/may-02-2018#8#729
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/april-30-2018#9#730
On this day, Gautama the Buddha got enlightened. If you make it your number one priority, realizing the highest within will happen in a moment.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-28-2018#10#731
We don’t have to seek new economic systems. We have to transform the people who run them.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-26-2018#11#732
The worst thing that can happen to you is to be an unused life. Whatever your capabilities, you must stretch them to the limit and a little beyond.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-25-2018#0#733
No one can achieve wellbeing through someone else's suffering. Even if there is a temporary benefit, you will pay for it.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-22-2018#1#734
It is a lack of human consciousness that has rendered Mother Earth, the very basis of our existence, into a commodity with an expiry date. Let our time on Earth be the best time; we must act now.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-20-2018#2#735
My only intention is that you blossom into a full-fledged life, because that's all life is about.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-18-2018#3#736
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/april-16-2018#4#737
Only if the younger generation does things that the parents never imagined possible, can a society evolve.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-14-2018#5#738
The Tamil New Year marks the beginning of a new season. As the sun intensifies, may you take your body, mind, and energy to a new level of intensity.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-23-2018#6#739
Love and hate are two sides of the same coin. Any moment, it can flip the other way. One can become the other.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-21-2018#7#740
Mind is madness. Only when you go beyond the mind, will there be Meditation.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-19-2018#8#741
Whatever is most needed right now, that’s what we should do in the world.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-17-2018#9#742
Peace cannot be enforced from outside. It is a consequence of how we are within ourselves.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-15-2018#10#743
You cannot live here without trusting existence. If you trust consciously, lovingly, that’s devotion.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-13-2018#11#744
If you want your body and brain to work well, the first thing is to become joyful by your own nature.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-12-2018#0#745
Every human being deserves to live in a consecrated space, a space that helps you transcend the ways of the world.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-10-2018#1#746
A Guru is not someone who holds a torch for you. He is the torch.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-08-2018#2#747
Though soil is the source, flower is the purpose. Though the Divine is the source, life is the purpose.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-06-2018#3#748
Success does not come to you because you want it. Success comes to you because you do the right things.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-04-2018#4#749
Your body and mind are just accumulations that you have gathered. What you accumulate can be yours, but it can never be you.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-02-2018#5#750
Hindu is a geographical identity, or at the most a cultural one – not a religion. There is no set of beliefs that everyone has to adhere to.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-11-2018#6#751
Look clearly and deeply – beyond all compulsions of your body and mind – what it is that you really want to do, and just do it.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-09-2018#7#752
Education needs inspiration, not just information. Only inspired human beings can transform their own lives and lives around them.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-07-2018#8#753
True health fundamentally means to be in tune with nature, both inner and outer.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-05-2018#9#754
A fundamental flaw in human nature is we try to enshrine our differences without being aware of the essential unity of existence.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-03-2018#10#755
Love is not a relationship. Love is a certain sweetness of emotions.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/april-01-2018#11#756
Only in misery is life too long – in joy too brief.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-31-2018#0#757
If you face situations that you do not know how to deal with, there are many possibilities. That’s when you can really explore life.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-29-2018#1#758
The greatest courage is not in fighting outside battles but in addressing the source of conflict within yourself. This is what Sri Mahaveer represents.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-27-2018#2#759
Silence is a space beyond creation and Creator, beyond life and death. As you practice silence, slowly, you can become silence.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-25-2018#3#760
You cannot control what the world throws at you. But what you make out of it is one hundred percent yours. Sri Rama is an epitome of this.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-24-2018-0#4#761
Once you go beyond the compulsive, cyclical nature of existence, life becomes spectacular.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-22-2018#5#762
We need to look at water and soil, particularly rivers and forests, as national treasures, not as something that everyone can exploit whichever way they want.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-30-2018#6#763
Hatha Yoga should not be taught as an exercise form but as a live process; then asanas will lead to ecstatic states.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-28-2018#7#764
Work is worthwhile only if it touches lives.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-26-2018#8#765
Using yoga just as a therapy is like using an airplane as a bus.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-24-2018#9#766
Once you go beyond the compulsive, cyclical nature of existence, life becomes spectacular.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-23-2018#10#767
To be miserable is a horrible crime against yourself and against humanity. You only spread who you are.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-21-2018#11#768
If you spend time in the forest, you will realize that you are just one more life. It's a huge spiritual step to feel for life around you the way you feel about yourself.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-20-2018#0#769
Doing sadhana means trying to become an invitation to the Divine.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-17-2018#1#770
God is the Creator, not a manager. Humans have the privilege of managing their own lives.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-14-2018#2#771
If human beings did not exist, the planet would flourish. The question is not how useful we are but how beautifully we live.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-12-2018#3#772
All creatures are an expression of the Creator. If you are willing, every creature is a doorway to the Creator.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-10-2018#4#773
Karma means both action and memory. There is no memory without action and no action without memory.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-08-2018#5#774
We must evolve society for women to play a rightful role – not through quotas or reservation but through education and empowerment.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-18-2018#6#775
If you are really looking for truth, don’t assume anything – just seek.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-15-2018#7#776
Yoga is the technology of upgrading, activating, and refining your inner energies for the highest possibilities.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-13-2018#8#777
Liberation is not my Idea; it is the fundamental longing in every form of life.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-11-2018#9#778
If you are constantly aware of your mortal nature, you will only do what truly matters to you.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-09-2018#10#779
If you operate out of the straitjacket of logic, you remain a clown in the circus of life.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-07-2018#11#780
It takes all kinds of people to make the world beautiful. You can do it too.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-06-2018#0#781
The physical body has its own memory. Intimacy without commitment leads to disorganization of the human being, and in turn to disorganization of society.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-04-2018#1#782
Whatever you do, you can either do it willingly or unwillingly. If you do it willingly, it will be heaven. If you do it unwillingly, it will be hell.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-02-2018#2#783
The essence of life is exuberance. That's what the Holi celebrations are about. Time to maximize your aliveness!
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-28-2018#3#784
My work is not with Hindus, Muslims, Christians, or anyone else. My work is with human beings, wherever they are.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-26-2018#4#785
It is not how much you do – how you do it is what makes life beautiful.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-24-2018#5#786
The very way you breathe, sit, stand, eat, walk, work – everything can become yoga. You can use any process of life to transcend your limitations.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-05-2018#6#787
The basis of yoga is this: to be absolutely intense and relaxed at the same time.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-03-2018#7#788
We are all born enlightened, but we have chosen to be ignorant.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/march-01-2018#8#789
What fragrance is to a flower, love is to a human being.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-27-2018#9#790
Whether you experience stress, anger, fear, or any other kind of negativity, there is only one basic cause – being ignorant of your inner Nature.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-25-2018#10#791
In the vastness of the cosmos, everything is going perfect, but one nasty little thought in your mind can make it a bad day. That is lack of perspective.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-23-2018#11#792
Religions divide – spiritual process includes.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-22-2018#0#793
Confusion is better than stupid conclusions. In confusion, there is still a possibility. In stupid conclusion, there is no possibility.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-20-2018#1#794
Most of your desires are not really about yourself. You just picked them up from your social surroundings.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-18-2018#2#795
Our lives become beautiful not because we are perfect. Our lives become beautiful because we put our heart into whatever we do.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-16-2018#3#796
Be it nationality, religion, or brand of clothes – people identify themselves with just about anything. In trying to bring stability to their lives, they only celebrate their limitations. That is not the way of life.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-14-2018#4#797
If you love someone, you should do what they like for them. Not what you like.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-12-2018#5#798
Indian classical music is a sound statement about the profoundness of life.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-21-2018#6#799
Light comes and goes. Darkness is always – it is the basis of existence.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-19-2018#7#800
Yesterday lives only in your mind.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-17-2018#8#801
Truth is not hidden – you are hiding from it.