simplyknowledge | Quotations

Know God and all fetters will fall ways. No longer identifying yourself with the body, go beyond birth and death. All your desires will be fulfilled in him who is One without a second

- Upanishads "Shvetashvatara Upanishad"

Keep your body as clean as possible, your mind as clear as possible. That’s all you need. And do it in any way you can, in your own way. It doesn’t matter. And then you’ll be useful.

-Satchidananda Saraswati "Swami Satchidananda"

Knowing that I am different from the body, I need not neglect the body. It is a vehicle that I use to transact with the world. It is the temple which houses the Pure Self within.

-A Spiritual Leader "Adi Sankaracharya"

Fast regularly and help the body heal itself and stay well. Give all of your organs a rest. Fasting can help reverse the aging process, and if we use it correctly, we will live longer, happier lives.

-James Balch "James Balch"

Our body in Kali Yuga is a field of action: As a man sows, so is his reward. Nothing by empty talk is determined: Anyone swallowing poison must die. Brother! Behold the Creator’s justice: As are a man’s actions, so is his recompense.

-Scriptures "Adi Granth"

While fasting detoxifies the body, silence purifies speech and brings rest to the chattering mind, and meditation takes you deep into your own being.

-Sri Sri Ravi Shankar "Sri Sri Ravi Shankar"

Hanuman, the devotee of Rama, said: When I identify myself with the body, O Lord, I am Thy creature, eternally separate from Thee. When I identify myself with the soul, I am a spark of that Divine Fire which Thou art. But when I identify myself with the Atman, I and Thou art one.

-Swami Vivekananda "Swami Vivekananda"

No matter how knowledgeable a person is or how compassionate he is; even for him the body does not deviate from its nature. Like us, even their bodies fall sick; when poisoned or crucified on the gallows, even they die... Still weaving miracles around them, isn't it a deliberate attempt to tarnish their personality?

-Deep Trivedi

The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.

-Carl Sagan "Carl Sagan, Cosmos"

As long as you have attachment to the body and attachment to objects, fear and suffering will be with you. Therefore Krishna told Arjuna to develop his discrimination and rid himself of body consciousness. Only then he would be able to develop integral vision.

-Sathya Sai Baba "Sri Sathya Sai Baba "