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Krishna Quotes
23 sourced quotes from Krishna across The Bhagavad Gita & Dharma.
“Your right is to the work itself, never to its fruits. Do not let the fruits of action be your motive; nor let your attachment be to inaction.”
“The soul is never born, nor does it die. Unborn, eternal, ever-existing, undying, primeval — it is not slain when the body is slain.”
“As a person sheds worn-out clothes and puts on new ones, so does the embodied self shed worn-out bodies and take on new ones.”
“Established in yoga, perform action, having abandoned attachment. Evenness of mind, in success and failure, is called yoga.”
“He whose mind is undisturbed in sorrow, who craves no pleasure, and from whom attachment, fear, and anger have departed — he is called a sage of steady wisdom.”
“When a person dwells on the objects of the senses, attachment to them is born. From attachment, desire; from desire, anger.”
“No one can remain even for a moment without performing action. Everyone is helplessly driven to act by the qualities born of nature.”
“Whatever a great person does, others follow. Whatever standard they set, the world pursues.”
“Better one's own dharma, even imperfectly performed, than the dharma of another well performed.”
“Whenever there is decline of dharma and rise of adharma, then I manifest myself.”
“For the protection of the good, for the destruction of the wicked, and to re-establish dharma, I am born age after age.”
“Lift yourself by yourself; do not let yourself sink. For the self alone is the friend of the self, and the self alone is the enemy of the self.”
“Without doubt, the mind is restless and difficult to control. But it can be controlled by practice and by dispassion.”
“Whoever offers me with devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or water — that, the offering of the pure-hearted, I accept.”
“To those who worship me, thinking of no other, ever steadfast, I bring what they lack and preserve what they have.”
“Three are the gates of hell, destructive of the self — lust, anger, and greed. Therefore, abandon these three.”
“Abandoning all duties, take refuge in me alone. I will liberate you from all sins. Do not grieve.”
“Reflect on this fully and then do as you wish.”
“You have the right to action, but never to its fruits. Let not the fruits of action be your motive, nor let your attachment be to inaction.”
“It is better to do your own duty badly than to do another's duty well.”
“A man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.”
“Whatever happened, happened for the good. Whatever is happening, is happening for the good. Whatever will happen, will also happen for the good.”
“The mind is restless and difficult to restrain, but it is subdued by practice.”