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.