Bhagavad Gita Quotes :
“You have the right to perform your actions, but you are not entitled to the fruits of the actions.”
“Perform your obligatory duty, because action is indeed better than inaction.”
“The soul is neither born nor does it die; it is eternal, indestructible, and timeless.”
“One who sees the Supersoul accompanying the individual soul in all bodies, and who understands that neither the soul nor the Supersoul within the destructible body is ever destroyed, truly sees.”
“The mind is restless and difficult to control, but it can be subdued through practice and detachment.”
“The self-controlled soul, who moves amongst sense objects, free from either attachment or repulsion, attains serenity.”
“When meditation is mastered, the mind is unwavering like the flame of a lamp in a windless place.”
“Those who see with eyes of knowledge, the difference between the body and the knower of the body, and can also understand the process of liberation from bondage in material nature, attain to the supreme goal.”
“One who is not envious but is a kind friend to all living entities, who does not think himself a proprietor and is free from false ego, who is equal in both happiness and distress, who is tolerant, always satisfied, self-controlled, and engaged in devotional service with determination, is very dear to Me.”
“For one who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends; but for one who has failed to do so, his mind will remain the greatest enemy.”
“A person is said to be established in self-realization and is called a yogi when he is fully satisfied by virtue of acquired knowledge and realization. Such a person is situated in transcendence and is self-controlled. He sees everything—whether it be pebbles, stones, or gold—as the same.”
“For one who has taken his birth, death is certain; and for one who is dead, birth is certain. Therefore, in the unavoidable discharge of your duty, you should not lament.”
“Weapons cannot cut the soul, nor can fire burn it. Water cannot wet it, nor can the wind dry it.”
“Those who are seers of the truth have concluded that of the nonexistent there is no endurance, and of the existent there is no cessation. This seers have concluded by studying the nature of both.”
“A man engaged in devotional service rids himself of both good and bad actions even in this life. Therefore strive for yoga, which is the art of all work.”
“He who is temperate in his habits of eating, sleeping, working, and recreation can mitigate all material pains by practicing the yoga system.”
“The embodied soul is eternal in existence, indestructible, and infinite, only the material body is factually perishable.”
“The yogi who is satisfied with the knowledge and wisdom of the self, who has conquered the senses, and to whom a clod of earth, a stone, and gold are the same, is said to be the highest of all.”
“There is neither this world nor the world beyond nor happiness for the one who doubts.”
“The soul can never be cut to pieces by any weapon, nor burned by fire, nor moistened by water, nor withered by the wind.”
“When a person responds to the joys and sorrows of others as if they were his own, he has attained the highest state of spiritual union.”
“Perform your duty equipoised, O Arjuna, abandoning all attachment to success or failure. Such equanimity is called yoga.”
“The wise see knowledge and action as one; they see truly.”
“The nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of winter and summer seasons.”
“He alone sees truly who sees God in every creature he does not harm himself or others.”
“The happiness which comes from long practice, which leads to the end of suffering, which at first is like poison, but at last like nectar—this kind of happiness arises from the serenity of one’s own mind.”
“One who is equal to friends and enemies, who is equipoised in honor and dishonor, heat and cold, happiness and distress, fame and infamy, who is always free from contaminating association, always silent and satisfied with anything, who doesn’t care for any residence, who is fixed in knowledge and who is engaged in devotional service—is very dear to Me.”
“That knowledge by which one undivided spiritual nature is seen in all living entities, though they are divided into innumerable forms, you should understand to be in the mode of goodness.”
“It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else’s life with perfection.”
“A person who has given up all desires for sense gratification, who lives free from desires, who has given up all sense of proprietorship and is devoid of false ego—he alone can attain real peace.”
“When a person is devoted to something with complete faith, I unify his faith in that.”
“As a lamp in a windless place does not waver, so the transcendentalist, whose mind is controlled, remains always steady in his meditation on the transcendent self.”
“There is no possibility of one’s becoming a yogi, O Arjuna, if one eats too much or eats too little, sleeps too much or does not sleep enough.”
“He who has let go of hatred, who treats all beings with kindness and compassion, who is always serene, unmoved by pain or pleasure, free of the “I” and “mine,” self-controlled, firm and patient, his whole mind focused on me—that is the man I love best.”
“Performing his prescribed duties, one should worship the Supreme Lord through his work.”
“The happiness which comes from the senses contacts causes sorrow in the future. That which arises from the contact of the senses with their objects and which is like nectar in the beginning, but poison in the end—is said to be of the nature of passion.”
“The senses are higher than the body, the mind higher than the senses; above the mind is the intellect, and above the intellect is the soul.”
“Those who eat too much or eat too little, who sleep too much or sleep too little, will not succeed in meditation. But those who are temperate in eating and sleeping, work and recreation, will come to the end of sorrow through meditation.”
“The embodied soul may be restricted from sense enjoyment, though the taste for sense objects remains. But, ceasing such engagements by experiencing a higher taste, he is fixed in consciousness.”
“A person is said to be established in self-realization and is called a yogi when he is fully satisfied by virtue of acquired knowledge and realization. Such a person is situated in transcend