"Friend and enemy, virtue and vice are in the mind only. Every man creates a world of good and evil, pleasure and pain, out of his own imagination only. Good and evil, pleasure and pain do not proceed from objects. These belong to the attitude of your mind. There is nothing good nor pleasant in this world. Your imagination makes it so."

- Holy Master Swami Sivananda,
Practical Lessons in Yoga (1)

Happy Diwali - more quotes (Diwali is Tues, Oct 28)

Life is a festival only to the wise. ~ Diwali Quotes

You are invited to the festival of this world and your life is blessed. ~ Diwali Quotes

Let this diwali burn all your bad times and enter you in good times. ~ Diwali Quotes

Revolution is the festival of the oppressed. ~ Diwali Quotes

The truth is that existence wants your life to become a festival...because when you are unhappy, you also throw unhappiness all around. ~ Diwali Quotes

O Ram! The light of lights, the self-luminous inner light of the Self is ever shining steadily in the chamber of your heart. Sit quietly. Close your eyes. Withdraw the senses. Fix the mind on this supreme light and enjoy the real Deepavali, by attaining illumination of the soul. ~ Diwali Quotes

He who Himself sees all but whom no one beholds, who illumines the intellect, the sun, the moon and the stars and the whole universe but whom they cannot illumine, He indeed is Brahman, He is the inner Self. Celebrate the real Deepavali by living in Brahman, and enjoy the eternal bliss of the soul. ~ Diwali Quotes

God brings about occasions for turning its course towards Himself.
Thereafter God takes up such a life and guides and controls it
according to His supreme will, which works always for good.”

- Swami Ramdas
The Essential Swami Ramdas (Library of Perennial Philosophy)

"Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows."
— Moliere

… And if you fall sometimes, do not lose heart. Keep trying to walk your path with integrity. God will draw out the good even from your fall, just as the man who sells antidotes will drink poison to test their effectiveness. — Saint Teresa of Avila, Interior Castle

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