famous psychology quotes

• “Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.”
• “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”
• I think the future of psychotherapy and psychology is in the school system. We need to teach every child how to rarely seriously disturb himself or herself and how to overcome disturbance when it occurs.          Albert Ellis
• “Love comes when manipulation stops; when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable.”
• “I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.”
• Optimism is an intellectual choice. -Diana Schneider
• I submit to you that we can train today's young psychologists who have the courage and the humanity for such work to better understand, predict, and even prevent [ethno political conflicts].  When the worst does occur, we can train psychologists to help pick up the pieces by helping people and communities heal and learn to love and trust together again. -Martin E. P. Seligman, Ph.D., President of APA, 1998-99,  Presidential Address, American Psychologist, August 1999
• "I have not failed. I have just found 10,000 things that do not work."  Thomas Edison  1847-1931This inventive genius provides us with perspective on the ways in which our efforts may not seem to provide results. Persistence in the face of disappointment is the key to success. Reframing failure in terms of efforts that "do not work" can help keep you going until you find a solution that does.
• The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind.  -William James
• The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.                -Frank Lloyd Wright
• When you feel that you have reached the end and that you cannot go one step further, when life seems to be drained of all purpose: What a wonderful opportunity to start all over again, to turn over a new page.    -Eileen Caddy
• That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.              -William Wordsworth
• The difference between optimism and pessimism resides in memory.  The pessimist aptly recalls the hurts and failures of yesterday, but cannot remember the plentiful possibilities of a new tomorrow.  The optimist has a hopeful future already memorized.                                                                                 -Charles E. Jinks
• "Education survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten." B.F. Skinner (1904-1990)
• “The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.”
• Every day I live I am more convinced that the waste of life lies in the love we have not given, the powers we have not used, the selfish prudence that will risk nothing and which, shirking pain, misses happiness as we                                                                                                                                 -Mary Cholmondeley
•  If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old.            -Ed Howe
• Psychology is a science that can not be pursued with the sole purpose of developing occasional experts.  Only the understanding of human nature by every human being can be its proper goal.            -Alfred Adler, M.D.- Understanding Human Nature - Chicago, 1927
• The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.                                 -James Oppenheim
• "The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is 'What does a woman want?'"              From Sigmund Freud: Life and Work by Ernest Jones
• "Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires." From New Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis, 1932.
• Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become.  Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be;  your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.                                         -James Lane Allen 
• If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.                                                                -Marcus Aelius Aurelius 
• You see this all the time.  A lot of women feel depressed and feel like they are failing when they have a disease. They are overwhelmed with worry and not channeling their energy into constructive pursuits like getting better. These women tend to get more episodes of inflammatory bowel disease.                  -Albert B. Knapp, MD, assistant professor of medicine and gastroenterology at New York University Medical School in New York City
• To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die.                                          -Marquis De Vauvenargues
• "Don't become a mere recorder of facts, but try to penetrate the mystery of their origin." Ivan Pavlov   (1849-1936)
• "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so."  Shakespeare (Hamlet)
• "There is in every child at every stage a new miracle of vigorous unfolding." Erik Erikson (1902-1994)
• “No psychologist should pretend to understand what he does not understand... Only fools and charlatans know everything and understand nothing.”
• "No one who, like me, conjures up the most evil of those half-tamed demons that inhabit the human breast, and seeks to wrestle with them, can expect to come through the struggle unscathed."           From Dora: An Analysis of a Case of Hysteria, 1905.
• "Thinking is an experimental dealing with small quantities of energy, just as a general moves miniature figures over a map before setting his troops in action."                                                                    From New Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis, (1932)
• "The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change."
• "If we value independence, if we are disturbed by the growing conformity of knowledge, of values, of attitudes, which our present system induces, then we may wish to set up conditions of learning which make for uniqueness, for self-direction, and for self-initiated learning."
• "It is the client who knows what hurts, what directions to go, what problems are crucial, what experiences have been deeply buried." --From On Becoming a Person, 1961
• "Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune."
• "Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our caution, a certain lightness of heart seems healthier than this excessive nervousness on their behalf."
• I had a great many sex and love cases where people were absolutely devastated when somebody with whom they were compulsively in love didn't love them back. They were killing themselves with anxiety and depression.  Albert Ellis
• I started to call myself a rational therapist in 1955; later I used the term rational emotive. Now I call myself a rational emotive behavior therapist.                                                                                 Albert Ellis
• I wrote several articles criticizing psychoanalysis, but the analysts weren't listening to my objections. So I finally quit after practicing it for six years.                                                                                   Albert Ellis

Inspirational and spiritual quotes from bible

• His name shall becalled Wonderful Counselor, the Mighty God,    the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace .
• Cast your cares upon the Lord, for he cares about you.
• The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning.
• Love is patient, love is kind,     Love does not insist on its own way.     Love bears all things, believes all things,     Hopes all things, endures all things.     Love never fails.
• The Lord will guide youalways, he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land. You will be like a spring whose waters never fail.
• Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
• Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
• Weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.
• The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit
• Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay,"says the Lord. On the contrary: "If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head."Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
• An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered one commits many sins.
• In your anger do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent.
• Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret—it leads only to evil.
• For as churning the milk produces butter, and as twisting the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strif
• Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
• God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth."
• Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.
• Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.
• Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
• "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."
• Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this
• Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you."
• "Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Be strong and courageous. This is what the LORD will do to all the enemies you are going to fight."
• Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.
• Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong.
• You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.
• The salvation of the righteous comes from the LORD; he is their stronghold in time of trouble
• God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea.
• Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you;he will never let the righteous fall.
• When calamity comes, the wicked are brought down, but even in death the righteous have a refuge.
• "Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed," says the LORD, who has compassion on you.
• Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.
• No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
• "In your anger do not sin": Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.
• People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.
• Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you."
• "If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it will obey you.
• Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves. I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.
• By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know was made strong. It is Jesus' name and the faith that comes through him that has given this complete healing to him, as you can all see.
• In order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory. And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,
• You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus
• Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass ... Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him
• Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path
• Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
• Clearly no one is justified before God by the law, because, "The righteous will live by faith." WThe law is not based on faith; on the contrary, "The man who does these things will live by them."He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit...... Before this faith came, we were held prisoners by the law, locked up until faith should be revealed. So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith. Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
• If you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.
• Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
• Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
• Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings. And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.
• Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
• If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
• Do not say, "I'll pay you back for this wrong!" Wait for the LORD, and he will deliver you.
• But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
• Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
• Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
• Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the way he should choose.
• For by wise guidance you will wage war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory.
• The Lord will guide you continually, and satisfy your needs in parched places, and make your bones strong, and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters never fail.
• The Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.
• "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear ... "
• Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you."
• “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God”
• I will instruct you and teachyou in the way you should go, I will counsel you and watch over you.
• Be content with what youhave, for God has said, "Never
• will I leave you; never will I forsake you." So say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid."
• He covers the sky with clouds,he supplies the earth with rain, and maketh the grass grow on the hills.
• Come unto me, ye who are wearyand overburdened, and I will give you rest.

inspirational spiritual quotes for spiritual growth

We have made great technological advances and created complex civilizations, but have ignored our inner life. The West had mapped the material world, but the East had mapped the interior world.

The positive side of anger is energy. Energy can be channeled into doing something constructive about the situation that made us an angry. the positive side of jealousy can be the urge to do something to improve the quality of our own lives, rather than being negative about the lives of others.

Professor Brian D.Josephson of Cambridge University, winner of the Nobel prize in Physics in 1973, commended the ancient Hindu systems of philosophy: "Vedanta and Sankhya hold the key to the laws of mind and thought process, which are correlated to the quantum field, i.e., the operation and distribution of particles atomic and molecular levels"

The journey to enlightenment was a journey to integrate the disparate parts of ourselves into a whole.

INTUITION: is like a light, a flame of knowledge, that comes from the soul. It possesses all-sided power to know all there is to be known.Every man inherently possesses something of this power; but in most it is undeveloped.

Socrates was asked"Which is better, to marry or not to marry?" In answer, he said "Whichever you do, you will ultimately repent."

Marriage is an ashrama- a place of discipline, not a pleasure hunting ground. Marriage is not a license. It is at once a discipline and a responsibility.

Divine and Satan both within us, according to situation they manifest their qualities respectively

Every un fulfilled active desire, unless roasted by wisdom, plants a new desire-seed in the mind. these desire-seed are more compelling than impulsive fresh desires.

Under the strong influence of KAMA, sane learned men act like asses,monkeys, goats and swine

The self is our true guru and inner guide which, in Christianity, is called the Holy Guardian Angel. It is the inner voice of wise counsel, and through it speaks the voice of the Divine.

The scientists who want to study objectively the external world have returned to subjective internality of consciousness as the basis of their most predictive theory!

Bhagavadgita chapters list

    Chapter 1 : Visada Yoga
    Chapter 2 : Sankhya Yoga
    Chapter 3 : Karma Yoga
    Chapter 4 : Jnana Yoga
    Chapter 5 : Karma Vairagya Yoga [AKA karma sanyasa yoga]
    Chapter 6 : Abhyasa Yoga [AKA Atma samyama yoga]
Chapter 7 : Paramahamsa Vijnana Yoga
    Chapter 8 : Aksara-Parabrahman Yoga
    Chapter 9 : Raja-Vidya-Guhya Yoga
    Chapter 10 : Vibhuti-Vistara-Yoga
    Chapter 11 : Visvarupa-Darsana Yoga
    Chapter 12 : Bhakti Yoga
Chapter 13 : Ksetra-Ksetrajna Vibhaga Yoga
    Chapter 14 : Gunatraya-Vibhaga Yoga
    Chapter 15 : Purusottama Yoga
    Chapter 16 : Daivasura-Sampad-Vibhaga Yoga
    Chapter 17 : Sraddhatraya-Vibhaga Yoga
    Chapter 18 : Moksa-Opadesa Yoga

Bhagavad Gita quotes: quotations from Bhagavad-Gita

Krishna teaching Arjuna

• There is neither this world nor the world beyond nor happiness for the one who doubts

• Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed.
• One gradually attains tranquility of mind by keeping the mind fully absorbed in the Self by means of a well-trained intellect, and thinking of nothing else.
• One who has control over the mind is tranquil in heat and cold, in pleasure and pain, and in honor and dishonor; and is ever steadfast with the Supreme Self.
• The wise sees knowledge and action as one; they see truly.
• The mind acts like an enemy for those who do not control it.
• Perform your obligatory duty, because action is indeed better than inaction
• Sever the ignorant doubt in your heart with the sword of self-knowledge. Observe your discipline. Arise.
• 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.
• The disunited mind is far from wise; how can it meditate? How be at peace? When you know no peace, how can you know joy?
• The mind is restless and difficult to restrain, but it is subdued by practice.
• A person is said to have achieved yoga, the union with the Self, when the perfectly disciplined mind gets freedom from all desires, and becomes absorbed in the Self alone.
• Little by little, through patience and repeated effort, the mind will become stilled in the Self.
• Hell has three gates: lust, anger, and greed.
• There is nothing lost or wasted in this life.
• Fix your mind on Me, be devoted to Me, offer service to Me, bow down to Me, and you shall certainly reach Me. I promise you because you are very dear to Me.
• To the illumined man or woman, a clod of dirt, a stone, and gold are the same.
• Creation is only the projection into form of that which already exists.
• A Karma-yogi performs action by body, mind, intellect, and senses, without attachment (or ego), only for self-purification.
• One can become whatever one wants to be [if one constantly contemplates on the object of desire with faith].
• 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.
• 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.
• Better indeed is knowledge than mechanical practice. Better than knowledge is meditation. But better still is surrender of attachment to results, because there follows immediate peace.
• 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.
• Fear not what is not real, never was and never will be. What is real, always was and cannot be destroyed.
• Whatever I am offered in devotion with a pure heart - a leaf, a flower, fruit, or water - I accept with joy.

• A man's own self is his friend. A man's own self is his foe.
• Consciousness is eternal it is not vanquished with the destruction of the temporary body.
• Whatever you do, make it an offering to me -- the food you eat, the sacrifices you make, the help you give, even your suffering.
• The wise should not unsettle the mind of the ignorant who is attached to the fruits of work.
• Death is as sure for that which is born, as birth is for that which is dead. Therefore grieve not for what is inevitable.
• Unnatural work produces too much stress.
• Setting aside all noble deeds, just surrender completely to the will of God. I shall liberate you from all sins. Do not grieve.
• Hypocrisy, arrogance, pride, anger, harshness, and ignorance; these are the marks of those who are born with demonic qualities, O Arjuna.
• 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. 
• The person whose mind is always free from attachment, who has subdued the mind and senses, and who is free from desires, attains the supreme perfection of freedom from Karma through renunciation.
• Governing sense, mind and intellect, intent on liberation, free from desire, fear and anger, the sage is forever free.
• Better indeed is knowledge than mechanical practice. Better than knowledge is meditation. But better still is surrender of attachment to results, because there follows immediate peace.
• On this path effort never goes to waste, and there is no failure. Even a little effort toward spiritual awareness will protect you from the greatest fear.
• 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.
• This yoga should be practiced with firm determination and perseverance, without any mental reservation or doubts.
• 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.
• When the sage climbs the heights of Yoga, he follows the path of work; but when he reaches the heights of Yoga, he is in the land of peace.
• Whenever the mind unsteady and restless strays away from the spirit, let him ever and for ever lead it again to the spirit.
• 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.
• A man's own self is his friend. A man's own self is his foe.[Conflict]
• 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.[Self-discovery]
• Better indeed is knowledge than mechanical practice. Better than knowledge is meditation. But better still is surrender of attachment to results, because there follows immediate peace.
• But they for whom I am the supreme goal, who do all work renouncing self for me and meditate on me with single-hearted devotion, these I will swiftly rescue from death's vast sea, for their consciousness has entered into me. [Consciousness]
• Even as a tortoise draws in its limbs, the wise can draw in their senses at will.[Choice]
• For those who wish to climb the mountain of spiritual awareness, the path is selfless work. For those who have attained the summit of union with the Lord, the path is stillness and peace.[Peace of Mind]
• Governing sense, mind and intellect, intent on liberation, free from desire, fear and anger, the sage is forever free.[Freedom]
• He is not elevated by good fortune or depressed by bad. His mind is established in God, and he is free from delusion.(mind)
• I look upon all creatures equally; none are less dear to me and none more dear. But those who worship me with love live in me, and I come to life in them.[Nature]
• It is better to do thine own duty, however lacking in merit, than to do that of another, even though efficiently. It is better to die doing one's own duty, for to do the duty of another is fraught with danger. [Danger]
• Just as a fire is covered by smoke and a mirror is obscured by dust, just as the embryo rests deep within the womb, wisdom is hidden by selfish desire.[Selfishness]
• Living creatures are nourished by food, and food is nourished by rain; rain itself is the water of life, which comes from selfless worship and service.[Service]
• Neither in this world nor elsewhere is there any happiness in store for him who always doubts [Doubt]
• O Krishna, the stillness of divine union which you describe is beyond my comprehension. How can the mind, which is so restless, attain lasting peace? Krishna, the mind is restless, turbulent, powerful, violent; trying to control it is like trying to tame the wind.[Spirit and Spirituality]
• Offer unto me that which is very dear to thee -- which thou holdest most covetable. Infinite are the results of such an offering.[Infinity]
• On this path effort never goes to waste, and there is no failure. Even a little effort toward spiritual awareness will protect you from the greatest fear. [Failure]
• 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. [Compassion]
• Sages speak of the immutable Tree of Life, with its tape root above and its branches below.[Spirit and Spirituality]
• 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.[Meditation]
• That one I love who is incapable of ill will, and returns love for hatred. Living beyond the reach of I and mind, and of pain and pleasure, full of mercy, contented, self-controlled, with all his heart and all his mind given to Me -- with such a one I am in love.[Hatred]
• The body is mortal, but the person dwelling in the body is immortal and immeasurable.[Body]
• The disunited mind is far from wise; how can it meditate? How be at peace? When you know no peace, how can you know joy?[Mind]
• The live in wisdom who see themselves in all and all in them, who have renounced every selfish desire and sense craving tormenting the heart.[Wisdom]
• The non permanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of summer and winter seasons.[Appearance]
• The sage awakes to light in the night of all creatures. That which the world calls day is the night of ignorance to the wise.[Ignorance]
• The senses have been conditioned by attraction to the pleasant and aversion to the unpleasant: a man should not be ruled by them; they are obstacles in his path.[Obstacles]
• 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.[Change]
• Those who consciousness is unified abandon all attachment to the results of action and attain supreme peace. But those whose desires are fragmented, who are selfishly attached to the results of their work, are bound in everything they do.[Attachment]
• 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.[Meditation]
• To the illumined man or woman, a clod of dirt, a stone, and gold are the same. [Possessions]
• Valor, glory, firmness, skill, generosity, steadiness in battle and ability to rule -- these constitute the duty of a soldier. They flow from his own nature.[Army and Navy]
• What is work and what is not work are questions that perplex the wisest of men.[Work]
• Whatever I am offered in devotion with a pure heart -- a leaf, a flower, fruit, or water -- I accept with joy.[Gratitude]
• Whatever you do, make it an offering to me -- the food you eat, the sacrifices you make, the help you give, even your suffering.[Appreciation]
• When meditation is mastered, the mind is unwavering like the flame of a lamp in a windless place.[Mediation]
• When the senses contact sense objects, a person experiences cold or heat, pleasure or pain. These experiences are fleeting they come and go. Bear them patiently.[Feelings]
• When you move amidst the world of sense, free from attachment and aversion alike, there comes the peace in which all sorrows end, and you life in the wisdom of the Self.[Wisdom]
• Violence is not at all the subject matter of Bhagavad-Gita. The Bhagavad-Gita dose not say "kill anyone you dislike" but teaches that one should not be afraid to die while performing his duties.

Quotes on bhagavad gita by famous people

•  From a clear knowledge of the Bhagavad Gita all the goals of human existence become fulfilled. Bhagavad Gita is the manifest quintessence of all the teachings of the Vedic scriptures. -Adi Shankaracharya. (prophet of advaita philosophy)
• When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about how God created this universe everything else seems so superfluous. - Albert Einstein. (The most famous scientist of our times)
• I have made the Bhagwad-Gita as the main source of my inspiration and guide for the purpose of scientific investigations and formation of my theories.- Albert Einstein. (The most famous scientist of our times)
• 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.
• The Bhagavad-Gita is the most systematic statement of spiritual evolution of endowing value to mankind. It is one of the most clear and comprehensive summaries of perennial phil osophy ever revealed; hence its enduring value is subject not only to India but to all of humanity- Alduos Huxley.
• The idea that man is like unto an inverted tree seems to have been current in by gone ages. The link with Vedic conceptions is provided by Plato in his Timaeus in which it states…" behold we are not an earthly but a heavenly plant." This correlation can be discerned by what Krishna expresses in chapter 15 of Bhagavad-Gita.- Carl Jung. (swiss psychologist) 
• In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the Bhagavad-Gita, in comparison with which our modern world and its literature seems puny and  trivial. - Henry David Thoreau. ()
• I would say to the readers of the Scriptures, if they wish for a good book, read the Bhagvat-Geeta .... translated by Charles Wilkins. It deserves to be read with reverence even by Yankees...."Besides the Bhagvat-Geeta, our Shakespeare seems sometimes youthfully green... Ex oriente lux may still be the motto of scholars, for the Western world has not yet derived from the East all the light it is destined to derive thence.Henry David Thoreau.
• The marvel of the Bhagavad-Gita is its truly beautiful revelation of life's wisdom which enables philosophy to blossom into religion -Herman Hesse.
• The Bhagavad-Gita deals essentially with the spiritual foundation of human existence. It is a call of action to meet the obligations and duties of life; yet keeping in view the spiritual nature and grander purpose of the universe.- Jawaharlal Nehru. (Prime Minister)
  
• The Mahabharata has all the essential ingredients necessary to evolve and protect humanity and that within it the Bhagavad-Gita is the epitome of the Mahabharata just as ghee is the essence of milk and pollen is the essence of flowers. - Madhvacarya.
• The Bhagavad-Gita calls on humanity to dedicate body, mind and soul to pure duty and not to become mental voluptuaries at the mercy of random desires and undisciplined impulses. -Mahatma Gandhiji.
• 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 Gandhiji.
• Yoga has two different meanings - a general meaning and a technical meaning. The general meaning is the joining together or union of any two or more things. The technical meaning is "a state of stability and peace and the means or practices which lead to that state." The Bhagavad Gita uses the word with both meanings. Lord Krishna is real Yogi who can maintain a peaceful mind in the midst of any crisis. -Mata Amritanandamayi Devi.
• Maharishi calls the Bhagavad-Gita the essence of Vedic Literature and a complete guide to practical life. It provides "all that is needed to raise the consciousness of man to the highest possible level." Maharishi reveals the deep, universal truths of life that speak to the needs and aspirations of everyone. -Maharshi Mahesh Yogi
  
•  The Bhagavad-Gita deals essentially with the spiritual foundation of human existence. It is a call of action to meet the obligations and duties of life; yet keeping in view the spiritual nature and grander purpose of the universe.- Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
•  The Bhagavad-Gita is where God Himself talks to His devotee Arjuna. - Paramahansa Yogananda.
• I can say that in the Bhagavad-gita As It Is I have found explanations and answers to questions I had always posed regarding the interpretations of this sacred work, whose spiritual discipline I greatly admire. If the aesceticism and ideal of the apostles which form the message of the Bhagavad-gita As It Is were more widespread and more respected, the world in which we live would be transformed into a better, more fraternal place.-Dr. Paul Lesourd, (Author Professeur Honoraire, Catholic University of Paris) 
  
• I owed a magnificent day to the Bhagavad-Gita. It was the first of books; it was as if an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy, but large, serene, consistent, the voice of an old intelligence which in another age and climate had pondered and thus disposed of the same questions which exercise us.- Ralph Waldo Emerson.
• 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.
•  Though everything else is taken away from him, though he has to walk the streets, cold, hungry and alone, though he may know no human being into whose eyes he can look and find understanding, he shall yet be able to go his way with a smile on his lips, for he has gained inward freedom - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. (philosopher and political leader)
• seek that Divine Knowledge by knowing which nothing remains to be known!' For such a person knowledge and ignorance has only one meaning: Have you knowledge of God? If yes, you a Jnani! If not, you are ignorant.As said in the Gita, chapter XIII/11, knowledge of Self, observing everywhere the object of true Knowledge i.e. God, all this is declared to be true Knowledge (wisdom); what is contrary to this is ignorance.-Sri Ramakrishna
•  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 was spoken by Lord Krishna to reveal the science of devotion to God which is the essence of all spiritual knowledge. The Supreme Lord Krishnas primary purpose for descending and incarnating is relieve the world of any demoniac and negative, undesirable influences that are opposed to spiritual development, yet simultaneously it is His incomparable intention to be perpetually within reach of all humanity. Sri  Ramanuja.
• "Science describes the structures and processess; philosophy attempts at their explaination.----- When such a perfect combination of both science and philosophy is sung to perfection that Krishna was, we have in this piece of work an appeal both to the head annd heart. _Swamy Chinmayanand.
  
• The Bhagavad-Gita is not separate from the Vaisnava philosophy and the Srimad Bhagavatam fully reveals the true import of this doctrine which is transmigration of the soul. On perusal of the first chapter of Bhagavad-Gita one may think that they are advised to engage in warfare. When the second chapter has been read it can be clearly understood that knowledge and the soul is the ultimate goal to be attained. On studying the third chapter it is apparent that acts of righteousness are also of high priority. If we continue and patiently take the time to complete the Bhagavad-Gita and try to ascertain the truth of its closing chapter we can see that the ultimate conclusion is to relinquish all the conceptualized ideas of religion which we possess and fully surrender directly unto the Supreme Lord.- Sri Swami Prabhupada.
• The Bhagavadita is not only a song of life but also is the music of the universe and it stands like a great lamp  Sriranga Sadguru
• Nothing has ever arisen in my life, internal or external, that the Gita has not made clear and enabled me to deal with or understand. -Swami Nirmalananda Giri.
• The secret of karma yoga which is to perform actions without any fruitive desires is taught by Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad-Gita. -Swami Vivekananda.
• Karma, Bhakti, and Jnana are but three paths to this end. And common to all the three is renunciation. Renounce the desires, even of going to heaven, for every desire related with body and mind creates bondage. Our focus of action is neither to save the humanity nor to engage in social reforms, not to seek personal gains, but to realize the indwelling Self itself.- Swami Vivekananda.
• I read the Indian poem for the first time when I was in my country estate in Silesia and, while doing so, I felt a sense of overwhelming gratitude to God for having let me live to be acquainted with this work. It must be the most profound and sublime thing to be found in the world. Wlhielm von Humboldt (1767- 1835) (Prussian minister of education)