59 Quotes by Swami Satchidananda

Don’t give up your power to change things. Negativity and unhappiness are caused by you. You can change your attitude.

We can be serene even in the midst of calamities and, by our serenity, make others more tranquil.

You are not given the light by anyone – not even by a spiritual teacher. You are that light.

True love knows no bargains. It is one-way traffic: giving, giving, giving.

Begin with little things daily and one day you will be doing things that months back you would have thought impossible.

Death can come at any minute, in any way. We do not know what is in store tomorrow, or, whether there is a tomorrow, or even a tonight! But still, we have the golden present. Now we are alive and kicking. What should we do now? Love all, serve all.

The stones of a river start out rough, but with the current continually bumping and polishing them, they end up being beautiful.

Anything that you throw comes back. All your actions are echoes.

The moment you understand yourself as the true Self, you find such peace and bliss that the impressions of the petty enjoyments you experienced before become as ordinary specks of light in front of the brilliant sun.