An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea! -Buddha

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared!

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become! - Buddha

Wishing you for very happy and Safe Diwali!

If one wants to abide in the thought-free state, a struggle is inevitable!

It is not enough that one surrenders oneself. Surrender is to give oneself up to the original cause of one's being!

If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you! -Ramana Maharshi

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

Self is only Being - not being this or that. It is Simple Being. BE, and There is the end of ignorance! -Ramana Maharshi

Nearly all mankind is more or less unhappy because nearly all do not know the true Self! -Ramana Maharshi

Reality is simply the loss of ego. Destroy the ego by seeking its identity. Because the ego is no entity it will automatically vanish!

You need not aspire for or get any new state. Get rid of your present thoughts, that is all! -Ramana Maharshi

Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the mind!

Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside! - Ramana Maharshi

No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance! -Ramana Maharshi

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it! -Mahatma Gandhi

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent! -Mahatma Gandhi

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will! -Mahatma Gandhi

Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy! -Mahatma Gandhi

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty! -Mahatma Gandhi

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. And that's my religion! -Abraham Lincoln

Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing! -Abraham Lincoln

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just! -Abraham Lincoln

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work! -Abraham Cowley

Enjoy the present hour, be thankful for the past, And neither fear nor wish the approaches of the last! -Abraham Cowley

Being together is the beginning. Working together is the middle. Dissolving together is the ultimate!

Don’t think of violence as just killing another human being. Any destruction of life, beyond the need for one's survival is violence!

Only a man who works with intensity can know what rest is! -Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev

One has to learn to do things, to give themselves totally. It is very important, otherwise there is no vairagya (no dispassion), no growth!

Everything that you do is self-based. All your work, all your life is an expression of who you are! -Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev

Emotion turning back on itself, and not leading on to thought or action, is the element of madness. ~John Sterling

The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy. ~Jim Rohn

As none can see the wind but in its effects on the trees, neither can we see the emotions but in their effects on the face and..! Nathaniel LeTonnerre

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion. ~Dale Carnegie

Feelings are much like waves, we can't stop them from coming but we can choose which one to surf. -Jonatan Mårtensson

If you don't start out the day with a smile, it's not too late to start practicing for tomorrow. -Someone

Life is like a mirror, we get the best results when we smile at it -Someone

Don't cry for a man who has left you, the next one may fall for your smile! -Mae West

Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing! - Mother Teresa

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring...!

The disunited mind is far from wise; how can it meditate? How be at peace? When you know no peace, how can you know joy? -Bhagavad Gita

The mind acts like an enemy for those who do not control it -Bhagavad Gita

Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered.

One gradually attains tranquillity of mind by keeping the mind fully absorbed in the Self by means of a well-trained intellect, and thinking...

The wise should not unsettle the mind of the ignorant who is attached to the fruits of work - Bhagavad Gita

There is neither this world nor the world beyond nor happiness for the one who doubts - Bhagavad Gita

People will talk about your disgrace forever. To the honored, dishonor is worse than death. -Bhagavad Gita

A gift is pure when it is given from the heart to the right person at the right time and at the right place, and when we expect nothing in return

Perform your obligatory duty, because action is indeed better than inaction -Bhagavad Gita

Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career!- Abdul Kalam