simplyknowledge | Quotations

Every one of us has in him a continent of undiscovered character. Blessed is he who acts as Columbus to his own soul.

-Anonymous "Anonymous"

A living body is not merely an integration of limbs and flesh but it is the abode of the soul which potentially has perfect perception, perfect knowledge, perfect power, and perfect bliss…Have compassion towards all living beings. Hatred leads to destruction. Respect for all living beings is non-violence…

-Vardhaman Mahavira "Mahavira"

When an exalted soul realises that all sentient beings are one in relation to the Supreme – that is, that all beings are the minute parts of the One – how shall he have any more delusion and what grief will come to him?

-Isha Upanishad "Isha Upanishad"

No work stains an individual who is pure, who is in harmony, who is master of his life, whose soul is one with the soul of all.

-Srimad Bhagavad Gita "Bhagwavad Gita 5.7"

When salt mixes with water, it takes the form of water. In the same way samadhi or trance means the mind merging with the cosmic soul or God.

- Upanishads "Saubhagya Lakshmi Upanishad"

He who knows his soul knows this truth: “I am beyond everything finite; I now see that the Spirit, alone in a space with its ever-new joy, has expressed itself as the vast body of nature…I am the wisdom and power that sustain all creation.”

-A Spiritual Leader "Paramhansa Yogananda"

To succeed, you must have tremendous perseverance, tremendous will. “I will drink the ocean”, says the persevering soul; “at my will mountains will crumble up”.

-Swami Vivekananda "Swami Vivekananda"

The soul which is free from the defect of karma gets to the highest point of the universe, knows all and perceives all, and obtains the transcendental bliss everlasting.

-Scriptures "Kundakunda, Pancastikaya 170"

My Place is the placeless, my trace is the traceless; ‘I’ is neither body nor soul, for ‘I’ belong to the soul of the Beloved. I have put duality away, I have seen that the two worlds are one; One I seek, One I know, One I see, One I call.

-Rumi "Jalaluddin Rumi"

The soul dwelling within each one of us is the most powerful energy of the universe. And this soul is only the supreme power. Now despite knowing and understanding all this, if we still visit temples, mosques and religious places... then does it show anything other than distrust on our own soul?

-Deep Trivedi