Swami Prabhavananda famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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The little space within the heart is as great as the vast universe. The heavens and the earth are there, and the sun and the moon and the stars. Fire and lightening and winds are there, and all that now is and all that is not.
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The fulfillment of every desire only reveals its inadequacy.
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The breeze of God's grace is blowing continually. You have to set your sail to catch that breeze.
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There is no failure in the spiritual life, as long as we do not give up the fight.
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The way upward from inertia to illumination passes through the sphere of action.
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The mind is like a lake lashed into waves. Make the water of the lake clear and calm.
-- Swami Prabhavananda
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We are all made from star dust and we will all return to star dust, like a cosmic palindrome.
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There is one common thing in superstars - enthusiasm and humility towards their work. Off sets, they are big stars for others, and they carry themselves the way they want to. When they are working, they are not stars.
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May God so fill us today with the heart of Christ that we may glow with the divine fire of holy desire.
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The greatest need of our age and of every age, the greatest need of every human heart, is to know the resources and sufficiency of God.
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No matter how strong a condom is, it won't protect you from a broken heart.
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But men at whiles are sober And think by fits and starts. And if they think, they fasten Their hands upon their hearts
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White in the moon the long road lies.
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Water and air He for the Tenor chose, Earth made the Base, the Treble Fame arose, To th' active Moon a quick brisk stroke he gave, To Saturn's string a touch more sore and grave. The motions strait, and round, and swift, and slow, And short and long, were mixt and woven so, Did in such artful Figures smoothly fall, As made this decent measur'd dance of all. And this is Musick.
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I'm as old as the moon and the stars, and as young as the trees and the lakes. My style comes from looking at what came before me, and from visiting a lot of places.
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Someone who has acted carelessly, But later becomes careful and attentive, Is as beautiful as the bright moon emerging from the clouds.
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