Wisdom Library

Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate…

Many words satisfy not the soul, but a good life refresheth the mind, and a pure conscience imparteth great confidence toward God.

Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.

Let the world say what it will. I have tasted the nectar of divine love, and I am free.

Yoga is not about the shape of your body but the shape of your life.

I have felt the swaying of the elephant's shoulders, and now you want me to climb on a jackass? The one who loves me is the ocean — why would…

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act upon them?

Are you looking for me? I am in the next seat. My shoulder is against yours. You will not find me in temples, not in Indian shrine rooms, nor in…

If you want others to be happy, practise compassion. If you want to be happy, practise compassion.

Truth is one, paths are many. All sincere seekers are walking toward the same summit.

The greatest courage is to drop all masks and simply be yourself.

Be as simple as you can be. You will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.

The Buddha taught emptiness in order to abandon all views. Those who cling to the view of emptiness are called incurable.

The young bamboo can be easily bent, but the full-grown bamboo breaks when it is bent with force. It is easy to train the young. Do not delay spiritual practice.

All life is yoga.

Prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.

By cultivating attitudes of friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and equanimity toward the non-virtuous, the mind retains its undisturbed calmness.

Do not put anyone out of your heart. Even if they have wronged you, keep the door open.

The soul is the divine breath; it purifies, revivifies and heals the instrument through which it functions.

The world is your teacher. Keep your eyes open. Learn from every person and every situation.

The conquest of an outward enemy is nothing compared to the conquest of the enemy within — the ego.

Without love, all our doing is merely business. Love transforms every ordinary act into something divine.

The wound is the place where the Light enters you.

O friend, do not go to the garden of flowers! Do not go there. In your body is the garden of flowers. Take your seat on the thousand petals of…

He who conquers his passions and senses is the true king; he who is conquered by them is the true slave.

Dive deep. Do not be a mere swimmer on the surface. Dive deep into the ocean of God and you will find the pearl of divine knowledge.

If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.

I wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing light of your own being.

The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.

Do not feel lonely. The entire universe is inside you. Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.