A library of wisdom
Dharma — Quotes
Dharma is the most translated and most mistranslated word in Indian thought. It is not religion. It is not duty in the dull civic sense. It is the right action — for you, in your n A curated set of 30 quotes from the Dharma tradition.
“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.”
“All that we are is the result of what we have thought.”
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”
“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.”
“Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love. This is the eternal rule.”
“Yoga is the cessation of the fluctuations of the mind.”
“When you are inspired by some great purpose, all your thoughts break their bonds; your mind transcends limitations, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be.”
“Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached.”
“You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.”
“In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart.”
“All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.”
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
“Everything you can imagine is real.”
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”
“All life is yoga.”
“By your stumbling, the world is perfected.”
“Everything is perfect, but there is plenty of room for improvement.”
“You are not the body. You are the awareness in which the body appears.”
“Silence is the true upadesha. It is the perfect upadesha.”
“Where the mind goes, the man follows.”
“The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp.”
“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.”
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”