Bhagavad Gita Quotes on Life

“The contacts of the senses with their objects give rise to cold and heat, pleasure and pain. They come and go and are impermanent; endure them bravely.”

“You have a right to perform your prescribed duties, but you are not entitled to the fruits of your actions.”

“Perform your duty with an even mind, abandoning attachment to success or failure. Such evenness of mind is called yoga.”

“Whatever a great person does, others follow. Whatever standard they set, the world pursues.”

“In this world there is nothing as purifying as knowledge.”

“Let a person lift themselves by their own self; let them not degrade themselves. The self alone is one's friend, and the self alone is one's enemy.”

“For one who is moderate in eating and recreation, in work, sleep and waking, yoga destroys all sorrow.”

“The mind is restless and hard to control, but it can be restrained by practice and detachment.”

“To those who worship me with devotion, ever united with me, I bring what they lack and preserve what they have.”

“One who bears ill will to no being, who is friendly and compassionate, free from possessiveness and ego, even-minded in pain and pleasure, and forgiving — that devotee is dear to me.”

“Better is one's own duty, though imperfect, than the duty of another well performed.”

“Abandon all varieties of duty and simply surrender unto me. I shall free you from all sins; do not fear.”