Quotes from Swami Sivananda

Every failure is a stepping stone to success. Every difficulty or disappointment is a trial of your faith. Every unpleasant incident or temptation is a test of your inner strength. Therefore nil desperandum. March forward hero!

Moral values, and a culture and a religion, maintaining these values are far better than laws and regulations.

There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.

The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle.

Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for action. Desire in the mind is the real impurity. Even a spark of desire is a very great evil.

Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy.

Life has meaning only in the struggle. Triumph or defeat is in the hands of the Gods. So let us celebrate the struggle!

Life is a pilgrimage. The wise man does not rest by the roadside inns. He marches direct to the illimitable domain of eternal bliss, his ultimate destination.

Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.

Put your heart, mind, intellect, and soul even into your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.

Serve, Love, Give, Purify, Meditate, Realize.