Some quotes from Speaking Tree by Swami Sivananda
- Give up salt, give up sugar, give up spices, give up vegetables, give up chutnies, give up tamarind. Serve Bhangis, serve rogues, serve inferiors, remove faecal matter. Do not revenge, resist not evil, return good for evil, bear insult and injury. Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred.
- Today is you own. Tomorrow perchance may never come.
- Know that wealth, sex-delights, power, learning are all bondage. This is the beginning of wisdom.
- 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.
- Always do good to others. Be selfless. Mentally remove everything and be free. This is divine life. This is the direct way to Moksha or salvation.
- Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves.
- If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.
- It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.
- 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.
- Thinking of disease constantly will intensify it. Feel always 'I am healthily in body and mind.
