“You are what you believe in. You become that which you believe you can become.”
“One who sees inaction in action, and action in inaction, is intelligent among men.”
“Arise, slay thy enemies, enjoy a prosperous kingdom,”
“When meditation is mastered,
The mind is unwavering like the
Flame of a lamp in a windless place.
In the still mind,
In the depths of meditation,
The Self reveals itself.
Beholding the Self
By means of the Self,
An aspirant knows the
Joy and peace of complete fulfillment.
Having attained that
Abiding joy beyond the senses,
Revealed in the stilled mind,
He never swerves from the eternal truth.”
“Whatever action is performed by a great man, common men follow in his footsteps, and whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues.”
“Work for work’s sake, not for yourself. Act but do not be attached to your actions. Be in the world, but not of it,”
“You are only entitled to the action, never to its fruits.”
“Death is as sure for that which is born, as birth is for that which is dead. Therefore grieve not for what is inevitable.”
“You have a right to perform your prescribed duties, but you are not entitled to the fruits of your actions.”
“Through selfless service, you will always be fruitful and find the fulfillment of your desires”
“Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is”
“Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”
“My dear Arjuna, how have these impurities come upon you? They are not at all befitting a man who knows the value of life. They lead not to higher planets, but to infamy. O son of Prtha, do not yield to this degrading impotence, that it does not become you. Give up such petty weakness of heart and arise, O chastiser of the enemy.”
“In the dark night of all beings awakes to Light the tranquil man. But what is day to other beings is night for the sage who sees.”
“Concentra a tua mente no teu trabalho, mas nunca permitas que seu coração se apegue aos resultados. Nunca trabalhe por amor a recompensa e realiza seu trabalho com constância e regularidade.”
“It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else’s life with perfection.”
“No one who does good work will ever come to a bad end, either here or in the world to come”
“Curving back within myself I create again and again.”
“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.”
“Anyone who is steady in his determination for the advanced stage of spiritual realization and can equally tolerate the onslaughts of distress and happiness is certainly a person eligible for liberation.”
“The peace of God is with them whose mind and soul are in harmony, who are free from desire and wrath, who know their own soul.”
“Hell has three hates: lust, anger and greed.”
“You have the right to work, but never to the fruit of work. You should never engage in action for the sake of reward, nor should you long for inaction. Perform work in this world, Arjuna, as a man established within himself – without selfish attachments, and alike in success and defeat.”
“I have become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”
“The nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of winter and summer seasons.They arise from sense perception,and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed.”
“Set thy heart upon thy work, but never on its reward.”
“The wise grieve neither for the living nor for the dead. There was never a time when you and I and all the kings gathered here have not existed and nor will there be a time when we will cease to exist.”
“For the senses wander, and when one lets the mind follow them, it carries wisdom away like a windblown ship on the waters.”
“The embodied soul is eternal in existence, indestructible, and infinite, only the material body is factually perishable, therefore fight O Arjuna.”
“We behold what we are, and we are what we behold.”
“I enter into each planet, and by My energy they stay in orbit. I become the moon and thereby supply the juice of life to all vegetables.”
“The Lord said: “Time [death] I am, the destroyer of the worlds, who has come to annihilate everyone. Even without your taking part all those arrayed in the [two] opposing ranks will be slain!”
“Perform all work carefully, guided by compassion.”
“O Krishna, the mind is restless.”
“It is Nature that causes all movement. Deluded by the ego, the fool harbors the perception that says “I did it”.”
