Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Quotes

Being is the basis of thinking, thinking is the basis of action, action is the basis of achievement and achievement is the basis of fulfillment.

Consciousness, fully awake to itself, is the Light of God.

Master of the universe is every man's potential insight, cosmic potential.

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

The state of least excitation of consciousness is the field of all possibilities.

You are the master of all the laws of nature if you know the transcendental field.

Laughter is the language of the heart

I am upset and completely disappointed in the government, the millionaires and billionaires in the U.S. See what's happening to the country? Look at all the health problems, the economy, the recession and crime.

The secret of success is conviction and persistence.

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

A comfortable and regulated life is needed for fastest pace of evolution.

It is the purity of man's heart and mind, and his innocent and faithful approach to action with the purpose of all good to everyone, which really succeeds in yielding maximum results with minimum effort.

Meditation is a means to discover all the glories of the ocean of mind

What makes one luckier is the good that he has done to others. It comes back to him. A man doesn't become lucky by doing wrong. He becomes lucky because he has done good to others and that good comes back to him. And now he is lucky.

My coherence-creating groups are going to put out all this mischief-mongership in the world.

Problems or successes, they all are the results of our own actions. Karma. The philosophy of action is that no one else is the giver of peace or happiness. One's own karma, one's own actions are responsible to come to bring either happiness or success or whatever.

The world has witnessed the rise and fall of monarchy, the rise and fall of dictatorship, the rise and fall of feudalism, the rise and fall of communism, and the rise of democracy; and now we are witnessing the fall of democracy ... the theme of the evolution of life continues, sweeping away with it all that does not blossom into perfection.

If two people fight on the street, whose fault is it? Who is the criminal? It is the government?s responsibility because the government has not educated the people to not make mistakes. The people have inadequate, incompetent education, so they make mistakes them! It is such a fraud.

Meditation is the direct means of eradicating the very cause of the majority of diseases, both mental and physical.

Inner life is Divine.

Through Transcendental Meditation, the human brain can
experience that level of intelligence which is an ocean of all
knowledge, energy, intelligence, and bliss.

If we think of defeat, that's what we will get. If we are undecided then nothing will happen for us. We must just pick something great to do, and then do it. Never think of failure at all, for as we think now, that's what we will get.

Where is the money going to come from? From wherever it is at the moment.

Only we should not be influenced by the winds.

Don't worry about the situation of the world. You must be very happy, very very happy! Only through happiness and waves of bliss you will be able to help your country and the entire world in an automatic manner. You will remain ever invincible when you don't allow anything to obscure
your happiness.

That great, mighty current of evolution which is advancing the life of everything in creation is simply invincible - no one can resist it.

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.

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.

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

The basic fundamental of behaviour should be to give.

In meditation we research the field without time and space and activity, and yet produce a useful effect while conducting the research.

The practice of Transcendental Meditation creates a natural situation in the mind so that the mind entertains right thoughts, useful thoughts, thoughts that are cherished by nature and whose fulfillment is worked out by all the laws of nature.

We remain where we are.
Remaining where we are,
we go anywhere we want.
We go wherever we go.

Opposition is dangerous to immortality.

Bliss becomes blissful with practice. In our own bliss the desire, desirer and process of desiring are united - they are one. Desire is fulfilled at its source.

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.

In the United States we have the great Harvard Business School, but America is the country with the greatest debt in the world.

A new humanity will be born, fuller in conception and richer in experience and accomplishments in all fields. Joy of life will belong to every man, love will dominate human society, truth and virtue will reign in the world, peace on earth will be permanent and all will live in fulfillment in fullness of life in God Consciousness.

We don't do what we know is wrong.

Monks are not expected to speak about themselves; the message is important, not the person.

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.

The knowledge from an enlightened person breaks on the hard rocks of ignorance.

As brain functioning becomes more and more integrated, consciousness - the mind - becomes more and more invincible, and then any dictate of the mind is immediately followed by the body.

A good teacher will appreciate the good qualities of his students. If one good quality is allowed to emerge, a world of good qualities will emerge from that one.

The process of education takes place in the field of consciousness; the prerequisite to complete education is therefore the full development of consciousness - enlightenment. Knowledge is not the basis of enlightenment, enlightenment is the basis of knowledge.

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

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

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

If a man can permanently establish his awareness in contact with that pure field (of consciousness), then problems wither away. It's a very simple thing. When the light comes, then where is the darkness?

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

It's as if we live in a house which has a vast treasury in one of its rooms. Only we've forgotten about it. So, instead of living a life of royalty, we go about in poverty.

When the mind is attuned to the cosmic law, all the laws of nature are in perfect harmony with the aspirations of the mind.

Integrated is the expression of knowledge: an assembly is significant in Unity: united are their minds in the silent dynamism of all possibilities.

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

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

Life is not a struggle, not a tension. Life has not to be suffering. Life is bliss

Good luck and good timing are the same thing.

The flower of life blooms in love and radiates love all around it.

Stress is the reason for crime and all other kinds of frustration. To relieve it will eliminate everything else.

Life is here to Enjoy!

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

The nature of life is to grow.

Behaviour arises from the level of one's consciousness.

What you put your attention on grows strong in your life.

When the elephant decides to walk through the village, all the dogs come out and bark.

The search for total knowledge starts from the Self and finds its fulfillment in coming back to the Self, finding that everything is the expression of the Self - everything is the expression of my own Self.

From tiny, tiny waves of joy, one gets to the ocean of happiness, which is called bliss.

Doubts are death. Doubts are the dry rot of life.

The goal of the Transcendental Meditation technique is the state of enlightenment. This means we experience that inner calmness, that quiet state of least excitation, even when we are dynamically busy.

The story of Love is the story of Love of Self.

Meditation is a technique to integrate one's personality, to be able to live and enjoy full life of all glories - worldly and divine.

Perfect health means no weakness anywhere, that is no weakness should remain in the body, or in the mind, or in the relationship between the body and the mind.

What you see you become.

Love knows that nothing is ever needed but more love. It is what we all do with our hearts that affects others most deeply. It is not the movements of our body or the words within our minds that transmit love. We love from heart to heart.

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

There is nothing in the cosmos, either in the material plane or the spiritual plane which cannot be directly cognized.

I want to eliminate the basis of problems and basis of crime, and basis of terrorism.

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

Do not oppose because in opposing the tenderness of the feeling level is crushed. That is why we say Speak the Truth but see that you are speaking delicately. Do not speak non-truth and do not speak in a non sweet way, so that the feeling is nourished.

1-Don't analyze. 2-Don't complain. 3-Don't compare yourself to others. 4-Don't expect things to be done for you. 5-Don't expect perfection in the relative. 6-Look to the knowledge aspect daily. 7-Own the movement. 8-Problems are all in your head. 9-Hold yourself together.

Love opens all doors, no matter how tightly closed they may be, no matter how rusty from lack of use. Your work is to bring unity and harmony, to open all those doors which have been closed for a long time. Have patience and tolerance. Open your heart all the time.

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

The factor of time is very vital in life. Those who have accomplished great things in the world have been those who valued time in their life. The time of life is limited and a great amount of evolution has to be accomplished for fulfillment of life. Therefore, the factor of time must be valued above everything.

Responsibility can never be given. It can only be taken.

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

Being happy is of the utmost importance. Success in anything is through happiness.

The power of light is always bigger than the power of darkness.

Managers are the most creative people in the world.

Life is all business.

Gently resist the temptation to chase your dreams into the world; pursue them in your heart until they disappear into the Self, and leave them there.

All speech, action and behavior are fluctuations of consciousness. All life emerges from, and is sustained in, consciousness. The whole universe is the expression of consciousness. The reality of the universe is one unbounded ocean of consciousness in motion.

Meditation is the best means of elongating life

I did not become great by association of The Beatles! Beatles make Maharishi great? Pah! It is a waste of thought.

The secret of success in business is creativity.

Great amount of scientific research is there to show that health is better because transcendental meditation deals with consciousness, and consciousness is the basic value of all the physical expressions. The entire creation is the expression of consciousness.

To resolve problems through negotiation is a very childish approach.

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

Art arises from the interaction of the mind and the heart.

Problems are not solved on the level of problems. Analyzing a problem to find its solution is like trying to restore freshness to a leaf by treating the leaf itself, whereas the solution lies in watering the root.

Sleep in the bliss of God.