To Know Your Self Quotes

“Doesn't the bible say "blessed are the pure in the heart, so they shall see God?" when?
Only when there is purity in the heart; a heart peaceful and free from egoism--the "I" and the "mine." Purity of heart and equanimity of mind are the very essence of Yoga.”
― Swami Satchidananda, To Know Your Self: The Essential Teachings

“Happiness is not be sought outside. It can never come from outside or from inside--because it simply is. It is always. Where? Everywhere.”
― Swami Satchidananda, To Know Your Self: The Essential Teachings

“So build up the body, build up the nerves, and build up the mind until your faith is so strong there is no fear at all and you are the master.”
― Swami Satchidananda, To Know Your Self: The Essential Teachings of Swami Satchidananda

“God’s power is the same—neither good nor bad. It is like electricity. Is electricity divine or evil? Electricity is neutral. It just is. But depending on your approach, you get either its benefit or its punishment. Plug in a lamp, you get light. Plug in a radio, you get music. Plug in your finger…?”
― Swami Satchidananda, To Know Your Self: The Essential Teachings of Swami Satchidananda

“It’s a fact. Fear of the disease kills more people than the disease itself. So make the mind strong. After all, what is it that we are afraid of? One day we are going to die. If death comes, say, “Oh, you have come. You are going to take away this garb and get me a new one? Okay, take this and get me a new model.” If you only have right understanding, there’s no room for fear.”
― Swami Satchidananda, To Know Your Self: The Essential Teachings of Swami Satchidananda

“Stay away from anything that will disturb you. All Yoga practices deal with the mind. It is the mind that is creating all your troubles.”
― Satchidananda, To Know Your Self: The Essential Teachings of Swami Satchidananda

“When Death comes you can’t send it away with praise, “Oh, you’re wonderful. I have heard a lot about you.” You can’t escape like that, or write a big check and say, “Take it, come another time.” You can’t even get a substitute; “See that eighty-five-year-old man there always coughing and sneezing? He’s actually waiting for you. Why don’t you go to him?”
― Satchidananda, To Know Your Self: The Essential Teachings of Swami Satchidananda

“I feel that if you do become pregnant, it’s much better to have the child and give it up for adoption, instead of having an abortion.”
― Satchidananda, To Know Your Self: The Essential Teachings of Swami Satchidananda

“Beyond limitation, even nectar becomes poison.”
― Satchidananda, To Know Your Self: The Essential Teachings of Swami Satchidananda

“Don’t forget that marriage is for giving, not for getting.”
― Satchidananda, To Know Your Self: The Essential Teachings of Swami Satchidananda

“The aim of Yoga is always to keep the mind clean, calm, and peaceful.”
― Satchidananda, To Know Your Self: The Essential Teachings of Swami Satchidananda

“It will help if you keep this in mind: “It is for peace that I am doing everything. If the very doing itself is going to disturb my peace, either the doing is wrong or my approach is wrong.” Just do your part and let the rest take care of itself.”
― Satchidananda, To Know Your Self: The Essential Teachings of Swami Satchidananda

“The human body is a temple. Keep it strong and supple. Treat it gently.”
― Satchidananda, To Know Your Self: The Essential Teachings of Swami Satchidananda

“Even when you’re physically doing something, your aim can be meditation. After all, what is meditation? Focusing your entire mind on what you are doing.”
― Satchidananda, To Know Your Self: The Essential Teachings of Swami Satchidananda

“Don’t think that spiritual life is so hard. It should all be fun.”
― Satchidananda, To Know Your Self: The Essential Teachings of Swami Satchidananda

“The mind may pass through some of these cloudy periods, but as the Knower, you can enjoy the show. Enjoy the mind and its play. After all, it’s the mind. There’s nothing wrong with it going through changes. Sometimes it’s happy, sometimes unhappy. You know that. No need to worry about that. Just let it go and enjoy the show. It’s always a beautiful show to be seen.”
― Satchidananda, To Know Your Self: The Essential Teachings of Swami Satchidananda

“You are not your body or your mind, because you are the one who is observing them.”
― Satchidananda, To Know Your Self: The Essential Teachings of Swami Satchidananda

“Be careful what you meditate on. You want it—you got it! As you train and then master the mind, gradually the mind absorbs the qualities of the object of meditation. Think of God and you become divine. As you think, so you become. If you meditate on a monkey, you know what will happen!”
― Satchidananda, To Know Your Self: The Essential Teachings of Swami Satchidananda

“Whatever you want to see outside must happen within you. Please remember this golden law, because what is outside? Nothing but your projection. The whole world is your projection. There’s nothing on the screen until you project the film through the mind.”
― Satchidananda, To Know Your Self: The Essential Teachings of Swami Satchidananda

“As long as the mind is restless and constantly creating waves on its surface, you are not able to get the correct reflection. That’s why a tranquil mind is the goal.”
― Satchidananda, To Know Your Self: The Essential Teachings of Swami Satchidananda

“Through silence you can realize the quiet witness within you. That silence is the spirit or awareness. Your awareness is silent. It never tells you anything. It is just there simply watching you. Whether you do good or bad, right or wrong, it just witnesses. A witness never gets involved in the case and never joins one of the sides.”
― Satchidananda, To Know Your Self: The Essential Teachings of Swami Satchidananda

“Why worry what others say of you? You should know who you are. Someone might say you are a scoundrel; that is the way that person sees you. If someone says you are always a wonderful person, will that make it so? If another says you are a rascal, will you be that? Should somebody else tell you who you are? Don’t worry what others say.”
― Satchidananda, To Know Your Self: The Essential Teachings of Swami Satchidananda

“Wherever you see ego, you see division. “My country,” “My community,” “My race.”
― Satchidananda, To Know Your Self: The Essential Teachings of Swami Satchidananda

“Each individual is another microcosm. What you see in the macrocosm you see in the microcosm; you are a universe by yourself. Not”
― Swami Satchidananda, To Know Your Self: The Essential Teachings of Swami Satchidananda