Bhagavad Gita Quotes & Sayings

You have the right to work, but for the work's sake only. You have no right to the fruits of work. Desire for the fruits of work must never be your motive in working. Never give way to laziness, either.

Perform every action with you heart fixed on the Supreme Lord. Renounce attachment to the fruits. Be even-tempered in success and failure: for it is this evenness of temper which is meant by yoga.

Work done with anxiety about results is far inferior to work done without such anxiety, in the calm of self-surrender. Seek refuge in the knowledge of Brahma. They who work selfishly for results are miserable. — Bhagavad Gita

Seek refuge in the attitude of detachment and you will amass the wealth of spiritual awareness. The one who is motivated only by the desire for the fruits of their action, and anxious about the results, is miserable indeed. — Bhagavad Gita

Krishna says: "Arjuna, I am the taste of pure water and the radiance of the sun and moon. I am the sacred word and the sound heard in air, and the courage of human beings. I am the sweet fragrance in the earth and the radiance of fire; I am the life in every creature and the striving of the spiritual aspirant — Bhagavad Gita

When a man dwells on the pleasure of sense, attraction for them arises in him. From attraction arises desire, the lust of possession, and this leads to passion, to anger.

From passion comes confusion of mind, then loss of remembrance, the forgetting of duty. From this loss comes the ruin of reason, and the ruin of reason leads man to destruction. — Bhagavad Gita

In the dark night of all beings awakes to Light the tranquil man. But what is day to other beings is night for the sage who sees. — Bhagavad Gita

Amongst thousands of persons, hardly one strives for perfection; and amongst those who have achieved perfection, hardly one knows me in truth. (7,3) — Bhagavad Gita

Death is as sure for that which is born, as birth is for that which is dead. Therefore grieve not for what is inevitable. — Bhagavad Gita

Arise, slay thy enemies, enjoy a prosperous kingdom, — Bhagavad Gita

One who sees inaction in action, and action in inaction, is intelligent among men. — Bhagavad Gita

Through selfless service, you will always be fruitful and find the fulfillment of your desires — Bhagavad Gita