“You do not have to prove anything to anyone. It is wonderful to be alive, to be who you are, and to grow. Ultimately, that’s all that matters.” – Sadhguru
“If you know how to start your happiness by yourself, if you understand the dynamics of what this human being is, how she functions, then being peaceful and happy could come naturally to you.” – Sadhguru
“It is a good beginning practice to merely mentally wish others well throughout the course of the day. Love blossoms into lovingness, which becomes progressively more intense, nonselective, and joyful.” – David Hawkins
“The mature mind knows that it is evolving and that growth and development are satisfying and pleasurable in and of themselves. Maturity implies that one has learned how to be comfortable with uncertainty and has included it as a legitimate ingredient. Uncertainty leads to discovery, whereas skepticism is stultifying.” – David Hawkins
“If you are not willing to be vulnerable, you are not willing to transform. Whatever does not transform is as good as dead.” – Sadhguru
“When you say positive thinking, in a way you are trying to escape reality. You only want to look at one side of life while missing out the other. You may ignore the other, but the other will not ignore you.” – Sadhguru
“The most important quality necessary for true growth and evolution is the practice and principle of humility. It is far less painful to voluntarily adopt a fundamental attitude of humility than to have it thrust upon oneself as the painful consequence of ineptitude.” – David Hawkins
“When your reasoning matures, then you learn to accept everything because you understand the process of life.” – Sadhguru
“When the purpose of why we are here is lost, there is no question of fulfilling our goals, isn’t it?” – Sadhguru
“If your happiness depends upon what is happening outside of you, you are a slave to the external situation.” – Sadhguru
“The whole idea of wanting to be better than someone else is a very pathetic way to exist.” – Sadhguru
“The reason why somebody is happy or unhappy is not because of what is happening in their life. Either you know how to manage your inner climate or you don’t. That’s all.” – Sadhguru
“You always thought if you open the door and go out that’s freedom, but you don’t realize that the door that leads you inside is freedom.” – Sadhguru
“In everyone, there are some positive aspects and some negative aspects. If you embrace this in your understanding, you can make the relationship the way you want it.” – Sadhguru
“If you live your life burning for the highest possibility, in that burning itself, there is liberation.” – Sadhguru
“Our lives become beautiful because we put our heart into what we are doing. It doesn’t matter what we are doing. Whether we are sweeping the floor, or managing the country, or whatever we are doing. If we are putting our heart into what we are doing, it is beautiful to be doing that activity. Living in an atmosphere where people are passionate about what they are doing itself is highly enriching.” – Sadhguru
“Thoughts think themselves; they don’t need you at all, just like the body goes about its business on its own.” – David Hawkins
“So many things may come up on the way, but you should be strong enough, brave enough, and adamant enough to go after what you want, otherwise things will not happen.” – Sadhguru
“Many people’s lives completely did a 180 as a consequence of a mistake. “That was a bad one” brought you right up face-to-face with it so then you change your way.” – David Hawkins
“Substitute regret… excessive guilt is wallowing in egotism. Regret says “oh I shouldn’t have done that,” but it doesn’t hang out with it, doesn’t punish you emotionally… avoid the attraction of the ego to wallow in guilt..” – David Hawkins