Bhagwad Gita

     The Bhagavad Gita, literally meaning The Song of the Bhagavan, often referred to as simply the Gita, is a 700-verse Hindu scripture that is part of the Hindu epic Mahabharata.

Bhagwad Gita's Quotes

• Whatever you do, make it an offering to me -- the food you eat, the sacrifices you make, the help you give, even your sufferings.
• It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection.
• 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.
• No one who does good work will ever come to a bad end, either here or in the world to come.
• I have become Death, the destroyer of worlds.
• As a man can drink water from any side of a full tank, so the skilled theologian can wrest from any scripture that which will serve His purpose.
• Balance of mind is called Yoga.
• It is true that the mind is restless and difficult to control. But it can be conquered, through regular practice and detachment. Those who lack self-control will find it difficult to  progress in meditation; but those who are self-controlled, striving earnestly through the right means, will attain the goal.
• Knowledge, the object of knowledge and the knower are the three factors, which motivate action; the senses, the work and the doer comprise the threefold basis of action. 
• For certain is death for the born... And certain is birth for the dead... Therefore, over the inevitable Thou shouldst not grieve.
• Neither in this world nor elsewhere is there any happiness in store for him who always doubts.
• The mind is restless and difficult to restrain, but it is subdued by practice.
• There has never been a time when you and I have not existed, nor will there be a time when we will cease to exist. As the same person inhabits the body through childhood, youth, and old age, so too at the time of death he attains another body. The wise are not deluded by these changes.
• 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.
• Still your mind in me, still yourself in me, and without a doubt you shall be united with me, Lord of Love, dwelling in your heart.
• Be free from fear. Be fearless and have faith in the divine.
• Not by refraining from action does man attain freedom from action. Not by mere renunciation does he attain supreme perfection.
• As person abandons worn-out clothes and acquires new ones, so when the body is worn out a new one is acquired by the Self, who lives within.
• Out of compassion I destroy the darkness of their ignorance. From within them I light the lamp of wisdom and dispel all darkness from their lives.
• No work stains a man who is pure, who is in harmony, who is master of his life, whose soul is one with the soul of all.
• 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.
• The knowledge sacrifice is superior to any material sacrifice.
• No one is even equal to You in the three worlds how can there be one greater than You O Being of Incomparable Glory.
• But, you are not able to see Me with your physical eye therefore, I give you the divine eye to see My majestic power and glory. 

Quotes on Bhagwad Gita

• "When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about how God created this universe everything else seems so superfluous." - Albert Einstein"
• "The Bhagavad-Gita has a profound influence on the spirit of mankind by its devotion to God which is manifested by actions." - Dr. Albert Schweizer
• "When doubts haunt me, when disappointments stare me in the face, and I see not one ray of hope on the horizon, I turn to Bhagavad-Gita and find a verse to comfort me; and I immediately begin to smile in the midst of overwhelming sorrow. Those who meditate on the Gita will derive fresh joy and new meanings from it every day." - Mahatma Gandhi
• "In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous philosophy of the Bhagavad Gita... in comparison with which... our modern world and its literature seems puny and trivial." - Henry David Thoreau
• "The Vedas are the greatest privilege of this century." - J. R. Oppenheimer
• "The Bhagavad-Gita is a true scripture of the human race a living creation rather than a book, with a new message for every age and a new meaning for every civilization." - Sri Aurobindo
• "The Bhagavad-Gita is an empire of thought and in its philosophical teachings Krishna has all the attributes of the full-fledged montheistic deity and at the same time the attributes of the Upanisadic absolute." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
• "In order to approach a creation as sublime as the Bhagavad-Gita with full understanding it is necessary to attune our soul to it." - Rudolph Steiner