Prem Quotes

Spiritual literature can be a great aid to an aspirant, or it can be a terrible hindrance. If it is used to inspire practice, motivate compassion, ad nourish devotion, it serves a very valuable purpose. If scriptural study is used for mere intellectual understanding, for pride of accomplishment, or as a substitute for actual practice, then one is taking in too much mental food, which is sure to result in intellectual indigestion. (152) ~ Prem Prakash

Instead of working too hard, if the person had taken good care of his health and lived a long life, he would certainly have served his purpose better. ~ Prem Jagyasi

Life without the determination to do something meaningful each day is like a ship sailing in the vast oceans without a glimpse of the shore. ~ Prem Jagyasi

Those who belong to the clan of achievers live the idea that inspires them to dedicate their existence, efforts, and soul to its execution. ~ Prem Jagyasi

You are your own best friend and worst enemy; only you can take yourself higher or make yourself fall even lower. ~ Prem Jagyasi

We are all here with unique abilities, and hence our purpose is also unique. ~ Prem Jagyasi

Is there something inside of you that is favoring peace? Because if there is, then congratulations: you are a human being. You have just reached, and felt, your most fundamental want. ~ Prem Rawat

Awaken and rejoice. Awaken and be alive. Awaken to the possibility of being fulfilled. ~ Prem Rawat

She had dispersed. She was the garden at Prem Nivas (soon to be entered into the annual Flower Show), she was Veena's love of music, Pran's asthma, Maan's generosity, the survival of some refugees four years ago, the neem leaves that would preserve quilts stored in the great zinc trunks of Prem Nivas, the moulting feather of some pond-heron, a small unrung brass bell, the memory of decency in an indecent time, the temperament of Bhaskar's great-grandchildren. Indeed, for all the Minsisster of Revenue's impatience with her, she was his regret.
And it was right that she should continue to be so, for he should have treated her better while she lived, the poor, ignorant, grieving fool. ~ Vikram Seth

The more you learn about the human mind, the more you can use it to enhance your life. ~ Prem Jagyasi

If you can make yourself complete, you will be in a better position to offer the world what you are capable of ~ Prem Jagyasi

Interpreting criticism as a subjective opinion with a solution instead of a personal
rebuke will help you grow, build better relationships, become more successful. ~ Dr.prem Jagyasi

If someone or something is not affecting our lives positively, the best way to deal with it is to grow apart from it. ~ Prem Jagyasi

When we try to develop an understanding of things we can do and the powers we have, we will have several revelations about our real self. ~ Prem Jagyasi

The world doesn't want you to know. They want you to believe. But there is a big difference between believing and knowing. Should you believe in yourself or should you know yourself? ~ Prem Rawat

It's the darkness that enhances the value of light, your success is defined by how you shine in adversity. ~ Prem Jagyasi

Never give up on yourself, even if others start giving up on you. ~ Prem Jagyasi

Our friends, family, co-workers, and neighbors contribute to make us what we are. We should be humble enough to appreciate and accept their respective roles in shaping our persona. ~ Prem Jagyasi

Louise Roth Fischer, for caring about the women in Klong Prem Prison and for supporting all South Africans incarcerated abroad. ~ Hazel Friedman

Take all the time you need to analyze your priorities, and accordingly, decide what is good for you. ~ Prem Jagyasi

Always remember that motivation gets you moving, but determination keeps you going. ~ Prem Jagyasi

Don't be the person the world wants you to be, be the person you want to be. ~ Prem Jagyasi

Self-mentoring, thus, is advisable for individuals who love the idea of growing, nurturing and building their life without any outside influence. ~ Prem Jagyasi

If one's life is so unsatisfying that an unhealthy activity brings a shred of happiness, it is nigh impossible to give it up unless something that brings greater happiness can be enjoyed in its stead. (28) ~ Prem Prakash

Every organized religion holds that certain behaviors, rituals, personalities, places, and/or books are sacred. These organized teachings are proper in their own place, but they are mere options for the one infused with devotion. To such a one, God is direct and spontaneous, providing him with an immediate source of guidance and direction. His relationship with God is not mediated through anyone or anything. (104) ~ Prem Prakash

Who are we
waiting for?
We look up
to the sky,
waiting for
the angel
to come down
and fix all of
our problems.
YOU
are the angel
that can
fix your problems. ~ Prem Rawat

Besides keeping our eyes and ears open to what others think about our actions, we should keep reminding ourselves about staying awake at all times so that we can draw inferences from others' expectations and, of course, our own actions. ~ Prem Jagyasi

You and solely you are responsible for directing your own life and finding solutions to overcome the challenges that life throws at you. ~ Prem Jagyasi

When you feel too positive to be doubtful, too optimistic to be fearful, and too determined to be defeated, you are undeniably on the way to success. ~ Prem Jagyasi

The yogi can relate to his Beloved in the form of a personal relationship-as a friend, a child, a spouse. He can cherish God in traditional religious performances–honoring saints, holy sites, and scriptures. He can hold God dear in the form of union - as his own Self, or in samadhi. All forms of God are equally suitable for love. (165) ~ Prem Prakash

Sometimes there a hundred lies behind a smile and not a single truth behind a tear. ~ Saahil Prem

Visualizing the future is never just a figment of imagination; instead, it's the pursuit of something real and tangible that will keep you focused at all times. ~ Prem Jagyasi

For the true empowerment and realization of our life path, we have to be responsible for what we want and what we don't. ~ Prem Jagyasi

Even if you've tried but failed for one reason or the other, you can always forgive yourself since you did your best at that moment. ~ Prem Jagyasi

A great principle of minimalism is using the minimum amount of resources, which accords perfectly with our present-day need for sustainability. ~ Prem Jagyasi

Sometimes, before even attempting to achieve something we feel afraid because we don't know what will be the result of our efforts. We don't know whether we will go all the way or whether dissatisfaction with the results would make us abandon our goals midway. ~ Prem Jagyasi

We just need to remove the blinders from our eyes to have a neutral, level-headed and logical viewpoint based on self-evaluation. ~ Prem Jagyasi

No matter how trivial the recollections seem, note them down, and try searching for a pattern in them. ~ Prem Jagyasi

Admiration is the feeling you get when you find that someone is superior to you, or someone is better than you in certain ways. ~ Prem Jagyasi

Before you start finding the solution to a problem, you ought to know what exactly the problem is. ~ Prem Jagyasi

Just believe in yourself, and you will realize that even those small steps taken in the right direction can produce great results. ~ Prem Jagyasi

The greatest innovators aren't those who possessed great technical knowledge; they are visionaries who can see life from multiple aspects. ~ Prem Jagyasi

The problem with most of us is that we relinquish that little bit of control that we have over our thoughts.We let our minds feed on whatever we come across on television and in social media, and do not pay any attention to the type of information that we are swallowing. ~ Prem Jagyasi

In order to find your true potential, what you need to do is simply determine your core values, visualize the person you want to be, challenge common thought traps, and have a clear sense of your goals. ~ Prem Jagyasi

Khusrau darya prem ka, ulti wa ki dhaar,
Jo utra so doob gaya, jo dooba so paar.

English Translation.

Oh Khusrau, the river of love
Runs in strange directions.
One who jumps into it drowns,
And one who drowns, gets across. ~ Amir Khusrau

A man who wears a fragrant flower on his collar spreads a perfume wherever he goes. (141) ~ Prem Prakash

We cannot be happy in our lives unless we know how lucky we are to have what we have. ~ Prem Jagyasi

Don't search for something grand, as your values might be hidden behind something that you discard as ordinary. ~ Prem Jagyasi

Time management is all about distinguishing between what is important for you and what simply lures you into useless activities. ~ Prem Jagyasi

We can train our minds by selecting the information that makes us calm, removes our doubts and helps us focus more intensely on our aims. ~ Prem Jagyasi

Out of all the addictions in the world, Attention is slowly but surely becoming one of the most dangerous. ~ Saahil Prem

We're not in Khlong Prem Prison yet. So let's assume we're winning.
But inwardly, Anderson wonders. There are too many variables in play, and it makes him nervous. He remembers a time in Missouri when the Grahamites rioted. There had been tension, some small speeches, and then it had simply erupted in field burning. No one had seen the violence coming. Not a single intelligence officer had anticipated the cauldron boiling beneath the surface.
Anderson had ended up perched atop a grain silo, choking on the smoke of HiGro fields going up in sheets of flame, firing steadily at rioters on the ground with a spring rifle he'd salvaged from a slow-moving security guard, and all the while he had wondered how everyone had missed the signs. They lost the facility because of that blindness. And now it is the same. A sudden eruption, and the surprise of realizing that the world he understands is not the one he actually inhabits. ~ Paolo Bacigalupi

Sometimes we carry mistakes we haven't even made yet. ~ Saahil Prem

when someone else shows or tries to show an overly positive image of himself or herself to them, people generally tend to dissociate. They start thinking of the other person as someone different, someone they don't actually know and can never completely trust. ~ Prem Jagyasi

People think God is a man. People think God has got ears, nose, teeth and he rises daily in the morning, brushes his teeth and washes his mouth. And he is an old man and he has a beard. All these things people think. But no, God is energy. God is perfect and pure energy. ~ Prem Rawat

When all four, mind, thoughts, energies, and body, are free of conflicts, our chances of reaching our destination and realizing our goals grow phenomenally. ~ Prem Jagyasi

When we consider life a process and do our level best to better it, it becomes a direction that undeniably has the destination in sight. ~ Prem Jagyasi

Balanced self-esteem makes individuals glow from within when they are faced with challenges or pitted against overwhelming odds. ~ Prem Jagyasi

If you keep feeling pricks of conscience during your work, you will always stay on its surface and will never be able to plunge deep inside it. ~ Prem Jagyasi

Self-confidence means a feeling of trust in one's qualities, abilities, and judgment. ~ Prem Jagyasi

Amazing things happen when the team or the individual commits to stretching their limits, rather than questioning the dependability and workability of that idea. ~ Prem Jagyasi

It does not matter whether you are quiet, witty, reserved, bold or overtly passionate unless you convert your words into action. ~ Prem Jagyasi

You should know how to get what you want, and at the same time, to do what others expect you to do. It is an art – if you focus too much on one, you might lose the other. ~ Prem Jagyasi

Practice peace, change your world. ~ Prem Rawat

Those who keep sitting idle and waiting for miracles to happen cannot be a part of the process and hence, their ideas never get any closer to reality. ~ Prem Jagyasi

Each generation lives in an illusion of stability. We think that what we cannot imagine cannot happen. We forget that there might be a limit to our imagination, but there is no limit to what we can achieve. ~ Prem Jagyasi

Instead of looking back in anger or fear to analyze where we went wrong or how a bit of courage could have altered the course of events, we should look around for awareness to ensure that our past actions don't become a habit. ~ Prem Jagyasi

Every night, we should make it a point to take some time to recall our day before sleeping. When we don't do this, we are unable to make amends for the things that we did wrong. ~ Prem Jagyasi

Ah, the toilet is through that first door on your right. ~ Zen Master Avatar Prem Anadi Bunny Rabbit The Third Garden-variety

Patience and perseverance are the two most important rules that you must always keep in mind. ~ Prem Jagyasi

You know that if you want to become a master, you have to spend hours every day working on the same movements. ~ Prem Jagyasi

Your values are embedded within you irrespective of whether you discover them or not. ~ Prem Jagyasi

[A] practitioner of any spiritual path must have complete confidence that his adopted path is, for him, superior to all others. (57) ~ Prem Prakash

You should love one another and behave lovingly
because when love comes, everything comes. You should speak to one
another with love and humility. Love is the essence. ~ Prem Rawat

It is natural to feel happy when you achieve something, or when somebody appreciates your efforts. But try to recall something out of the ordinary that made you feel complete. ~ Prem Jagyasi

Before committing to a task, it's sensible to have a clear idea of our competence. ~ Prem Jagyasi

If you don't find any difference between what you think you are and what you tell others, then maybe you need to look deeper within. ~ Prem Jagyasi

I suggest you take a look at yourself. Not the concepts, not the ideas, not the goods, not the bads. But a timeless purity of existence. A witness to the beauty that is. ~ Prem Rawat

Success has a knack of making one complacent, but failure can keep one rooted firmly on the ground. ~ Prem Jagyasi

No matter what you do, you cannot be perfect at everything. You always have scope to learn. ~ Prem Jagyasi

One doesn't become a leader in a day. It's a gradual process that begins at birth and continues for the rest of our lives. ~ Prem Jagyasi

Instead of expecting love from someone else, try loving yourself authentically, unconditionally and most importantly, profoundly. The way you love or treat yourself dictates or defines how others will treat you. ~ Prem Jagyasi

Have faith in your abilities and in your own uniqueness. Honor your truth and intuitions; it will help you stay firm when others try to bring you down. ~ Prem Jagyasi

To leading a great life, it's obvious that we must understand and appreciate our own self, our innate capabilities, talents, weak spots and, of course, strengths. ~ Prem Jagyasi

Accepting failures with a positive frame of mind is the first step in your learning curve. ~ Prem Jagyasi

When i change what i see, i change what i feel ~ Saahil Prem

Awareness and alertness help us spot dangers, find quick solutions to problems and, of course, answer difficult questions with confidence. ~ Prem Jagyasi

The greatest problem all around the world today, whether in America, Japan, China Russia, India or anywhere else in the world, is that people are not in peace. People want peace. ~ Prem Rawat

self-awareness is the golden key to making life-changing decisions and sticking to them. ~ Prem Jagyasi

The only real failure is failing to learn from failure. ~ Prem Jagyasi

Even if you fail when pushing your limits, you can find solace in the fact that determined efforts will surely bring quality results next time. ~ Prem Jagyasi

Before belonging to the world, you should belong to yourself, as only those who are not happy with their own existence search for it outside. ~ Prem Jagyasi

Instead of indulging in social comparisons, start comparing what you are today with what you were yesterday and the day before. This way, you'll find positivity within and around you, which will inspire you to radiate it. ~ Prem Jagyasi

Just as it takes time for the mud in muddy water to settle, meditation only yields fruit if it is practiced regularly for a long time. ~ Prem Jagyasi

When you have been part of something that has failed, you appreciate and value success much more. ~ Prem Jagyasi

An aware individual stays awake from within to catch such signals and utilizes them to delineate their perception of the world. ~ Prem Jagyasi

When there is not a trace of worldly love that is called 'absolute ultimate love' [paramarth prem]! ~ Dada Bhagwan

Each one of us is special. You might not be able to do what others can do with ease and precision. Similarly, what you are capable of might be unimaginable for someone else. ~ Prem Jagyasi

There is no gain without any pain. You can never reach the beautiful without striving for it. ~ Prem Jagyasi

A well-sculpted mind is always geared to a certain degree to harmonize the whole system, which includes the body, the emotions, and the energies. ~ Prem Jagyasi