Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Quotes

We must take situations as they are. We must only change our mental attitudes towards them.

Meditation is the sharp tool to dig out the great treasure hidden within everybody's inner personality.

Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower, and draws all good things toward you.

Don't fight darkness. Bring the light, and darkness will disappear.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become.

Do not fight the darkness, let the light in and the darkness will disappear.

Whatever we put our attention on will grow stronger in our life.

The genius of man is hidden in the silent, settled state of mind from where every thought emerges.

If you're too busy to meditate twice a day, you're just too busy.

Naturalness is the basis of effectiveness. If one poses to be something else, one loses the charm of naturalness. The result is that one accumulates stress.

Meditation is the most effective form of relaxation. It not only relaxes the body and mind but also feeds them with vital energy, peace and happiness.

Don't go for what you know you can get. Go for what you really want.

We have an infinite number of reasons to be happy, and a serious responsibility not be serious.

The philosophy of life is this: Life is not a struggle, not a tension Life is bliss. It is eternal wisdom, eternal existence.

Meditation is the straight flight of the mind to the Kingdom of Heaven present in the heart of everyone.

Decide what you want and don't think of the intermediary conditions. When Nature works for us we should want what we want and Nature will work it out for us.

It may take a little self-discipline - be simple, be kind, stay rested. Attend to your own inner-health and happiness.

If one is not happy, one has lost the very purpose of life.

It is the focus on the highest ideal day after day that saves life from being wrapped up in small whirlwinds.

Fulfillment is structured in achievement, Achievement is structured in action, Action is structured in thinking, Thinking is structured in knowledge, Knowledge is structured in consciousness

We are not in a position to criticize anyone. The existence of enemies means for us that our friendliness has not been sufficient enough.

The secret of success is conviction and persistence.

We do not think of life - we live it. We do not think of ourselves too much. We do not think of others too much... We just behave in a natural way.

Nothing from outside can stop a man from enjoying lasting peace and permanent joy in life, for it is the essential nature of his own soul.

Meditation is the direct means of enjoying the greatest happiness and is the only means to quench the thirst for happiness on earth.

Life finds its purpose and fulfillment in the expansion of happiness.

What others think of us is not our concern - it is their concern... It is important only that we radiate life. Every individual must be a joy to himself, to his family and to his society.

Just think of any negativity that comes to you as a raindrop falling into the ocean of your bliss.

Never think of failure, for what we think will come about.

The most effective teachers embody the teaching they give out.

Outside is the joy of the drop. Inside is the joy of the ocean.

Rest and activity are the steps of progress.

Transcendental meditation is something that can be defined as a means to do what one wants to do in a better way, a right way, for maximum results.

Every thought, speech, and action of a person influences everything in the environment.

If world peace is to be established, peace in the individual must be established first. Transcendental Meditation directly brings peace in the individual life.

Alloted duty means you should live full potentiality with which you are born.

Consciousness is the basis of all life and the field of all possibilities. Its nature is to expand and unfold its full potential. The impulse to evolve is thus inherent in the very nature of life.

The kingdom of heaven is like electricity. You don't see it. It is within you.

There is nothing difficult, there is nothing complicated, only one has to have a desire to have a better quality of life.

Balance is the natural state of life, because the basic characteristic of the fundamental element of life, pure consciousness, is complete balance.

Meditation makes the man Divine and brings the Divine to the world of man.

The whole effect of activity is to enrich the feeling of the other.

Be as delicate as possible. If communication accomplishes something on the gross but damages something on the level of feeling then it is a spiritual loss! The feeling is more important for life.

We are not satisfied with peace alone. There has to be prosperity, there has to be affluence, there has to be fulfillment in life, not just peace.

TM in the a.m. and the p.m....20 minutes in the bank, all day in the market place.

See the job, do the job, stay out of the misery.

If you are open with someone, he will be open with you. If you want love from someone, give your love to him. If you want kind and sympathetic behavior from someone, be kind and sympathetic to him.

The important thing is this: to be able, at any moment, to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.

The experience of happiness is a direct means of replenishing life energy and revitalizing the mind.

Allow your love to nourish yourself as well as others.