Inspirational Quotes from the Bhagavad Gita (Hindu Scripture)

Inspirational Quotes from the Bhagavad Gita (Hindu Scripture)

Let the motive be in the deed and not in the event. Be not one whose motive for action is the hope of reward.
—The Bhagavad Gita
Topics: Results, Events

The reward of all action is to be found in enlightenment.
—The Bhagavad Gita
Topics: Wisdom

Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.
—The Bhagavad Gita

O Krishna, the stillness of divine union which you describe is beyond my comprehension. How can the mind, which is so restless, attain lasting peace? Krishna, the mind is restless, turbulent, powerful, violent; trying to control it is like trying to tame the wind.
—The Bhagavad Gita
Topics: Spirituality, Spirit

Karma does not bind one who has renounced work.
—The Bhagavad Gita
Topics: Karma

Karma-yoga is a supreme secret indeed.
—The Bhagavad Gita

Your right is only to perform your duty. You do not have right to expect any consequences there of.You should neither be motivated by the fruits of your action, nor should they encourage you to be inactive.
—The Bhagavad Gita

Let a man lift himself by his own self alone, let him not lower himself; for this self alone is the friend of oneself and this self alone is the enemy of oneself.
—The Bhagavad Gita

There are three gates to self-destructive hell: lust, anger, and greed.
—The Bhagavad Gita

He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye.
—The Bhagavad Gita
Topics: Life and Living

The self-controlled soul, who moves amongst sense objects, free from either attachment or repulsion, he wins eternal Peace.
—The Bhagavad Gita

As a man can drink water from any side of a full tank, so the skilled theologian can wrest from any scripture that which will serve his purpose.
—The Bhagavad Gita

The serenity of mind, gentleness, silence, self-restraint, and the purity of mind are called the austerity of thought.
—The Bhagavad Gita
Topics: Serenity

All created beings are unmanifest in their beginning, manifest in their interim state, and unmanifest again when they are annihilated. So what need is there for lamentation?
—The Bhagavad Gita

He who sees Me everywhere, and sees everything in Me, I am not lost to him, nor is he lost to me.
—The Bhagavad Gita

For those who wish to climb the mountain of spiritual awareness, the path is selfless work. For those who have attained the summit of union with the Lord, the path is stillness and peace.
—The Bhagavad Gita
Topics: Serenity, Awareness

There has never been a time when you and I have not existed, nor will there be a time when we will cease to exist. As the same person inhabits the body through childhood, youth, and old age, so too at the time of death he attains another body. The wise are not deluded by these changes.
—The Bhagavad Gita
Topics: Change

The awakened sages call a person wise when all his undertakings are free from anxiety about results.
—The Bhagavad Gita
Topics: Attitude, Wise

Meditation is not for him who eats too much, nor for him who eats not at all; not for him who is overmuch addicted to sleep, nor for him who is always awake.
—The Bhagavad Gita

Be fearless and pure; never waver in your determination or your dedication to the spiritual life. Give freely. Be self-controlled, sincere, truthful, loving, and full of the desire to serve…Learn to be detached and to take joy in renunciation. Do not get angry or harm any living creature, but be compassionate and gentle; show good will to all. Cultivate vigor, patience, will, purity; avoid malice and pride. Then, you will achieve your destiny.
—The Bhagavad Gita
Topics: Destiny, Growth, Determination, Fear, Truth, Joy, Courage, Achieve, Life

In Karma-yoga no effort is ever lost, and there is no harm. Even a little practice of this discipline protects one from great fear [of birth and death].
—The Bhagavad Gita

One who performs his duty without attachment, surrendering the results unto the Supreme Lord, is unaffected by sinful action, as the lotus is untouched by water.
—The Bhagavad Gita

The egoistic man thinks, “I am the doer”. In reality Prakriti does everything. A Jnani who remains as a silent witness and who knows the essence of the division of the quality and functions is not bound.
—The Bhagavad Gita

The sage awakes to light in the night of all creatures. That which the world calls day is the night of ignorance to the wise.
—The Bhagavad Gita
Topics: Ignorance

Every day, we all do battle on the field of sacred duty. Our obligation is to make the truly wisest choices.
—The Bhagavad Gita

No one attains perfection by merely giving up work.
—The Bhagavad Gita

If you want to see the brave, look at those who can forgive.
—The Bhagavad Gita
Topics: Forgiveness, Courage

That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths are self-evident.
—The Bhagavad Gita

What is work and what is not work are questions that perplex the wisest of men.
—The Bhagavad Gita
Topics: Work

But they for whom I am the supreme goal, who do all work renouncing self for me and meditate on me with single-hearted devotion, these I will swiftly rescue from death’s vast sea, for their consciousness has entered into me.
—The Bhagavad Gita
Topics: Thought

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