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1. "Whenever dharma declines and the purpose of life is forgotten,

I manifest myself on earth. I am born in every age to protect the good, to destroy evil, and to reestablish dharma." - Bhagavad Gita 4.7-8

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"The soul is neither born, nor does it die, nor is it a material substance." - Bhagavad Gita 2.20

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"One who sees inaction in action, and action in inaction, is intelligent among men." - Bhagavad Gita 4.18

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"Be steadfast in yoga, O Arjuna. Perform your duty and abandon all attachment to success or failure. Such evenness of mind is called yoga." - Bhagavad Gita 2.48

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"A man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is." - Bhagavad Gita 17.3

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"The mind is everything. What you think, you become." - Bhagavad Gita 6.5

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"One who has control over the mind is tranquil in heat and cold, in pleasure and pain, and in honor and dishonor; and is ever steadfast with the Supreme Self." - Bhagavad Gita 6.7

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"He who has no attachments can really love others, for his love is pure and divine." - Bhagavad Gita 2.55

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"The wise see that there is action in the midst of inaction and inaction in the midst of action. Their consciousness is unified, and every act is done with complete awareness." - Bhagavad Gita 4.18-19

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"The secret of karma yoga which is to perform actions without any fruitive desires is taught by Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad-gita." - A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

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"Those who see me in everything and see everything in me will never be lost to me, nor will I ever be lost to them." - Bhagavad Gita 6.30

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"As the blazing fire reduces wood to ashes, similarly, the fire of self-knowledge reduces all ignorance to ashes." - Bhagavad Gita 4.37

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"It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection." - Bhagavad Gita 3.35

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"Those who are wise lament neither for the living nor the dead." - Bhagavad Gita 2.11

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"One who sees the Supersoul accompanying the individual soul in all bodies and who understands that neither the soul nor the Supersoul is ever destroyed, actually sees." - Bhagavad Gita 13.28

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"The embodied soul is eternal in existence, indestructible, and infinite, only the material body is factually perishable." - Bhagavad Gita 2.18

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"Pleasure from the senses seems like nectar at first, but it is bitter as poison in the end." - Bhagavad Gita 18.38

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"The yogi is greater than the ascetic, greater than the empiricist, and greater than the fruitive worker. Therefore, O Arjuna, be a yogi." - Bhagavad Gita 6.46

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"Those who are deluded by the illusory energy of the Supreme Lord remain attached to the material world and are unable to attain the highest goal." - Bhagavad Gita 7.15

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"The wise man understands that material possessions and wealth are temporary and cannot provide true happiness." - Bhagavad Gita 2.22

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"One who is not disturbed in mind even amidst the threefold miseries or elated when there is happiness, and who is free from attachment, fear, and anger, is called a sage of steady mind." - Bhagavad Gita 2.56

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"The wise grieve neither for the living nor for the dead. There was never a time when you or I did not exist. Nor will there be any future when we shall cease to be." - Bhagavad Gita 2.27-28

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"The happiness which comes from long practice, which leads to the end of suffering, which at first is like poison, but at last like nectar, that happiness arises from the serenity of one's own mind." - Bhagavad Gita 6.20-21

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"He who has no faith in himself can never have faith in God." - Bhagavad Gita 4.40

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"The power of God is with you at all times; through the activities of mind, senses, breathing, and emotions; and is constantly doing all the work using you as a mere instrument." - Bhagavad Gita 5.11

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"One should strive to understand what is meant by God, by ‘I’, and by nature. The union of individual consciousness with the Supreme Consciousness is designated as yoga." - Bhagavad Gita 8.3

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"He who performs his duty without attachment, surrendering the results unto the Supreme Lord, is unaffected by sinful action, as the lotus leaf is untouched by water." - Bhagavad Gita 5.10

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"The truly wise mourn neither for those who are living nor for those who have passed away." - Bhagavad Gita 2.11

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"One should act in yoga. This yoga is the art of all work." - Bhagavad Gita 2.50

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"The self-controlled soul, who moves amongst sense objects, free from either attachment or repulsion, he wins eternal Peace." - Bhagavad Gita 2.64

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"The sages call a person wise whose every undertaking is free from anxiety about results; whose mind is not attached to anything; who is endowed with the powers of concentration, detachment, and faith." - Bhagavad Gita 4.19

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"The supreme self, immutable and immovable, is said to be neither born nor dying." - Bhagavad Gita 2.20

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"Action is the product of the qualities inherent in nature." - Bhagavad Gita 3.27

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"A man's own self is his friend, a man's own self is his foe." - Bhagavad Gita 6.5

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"It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection." - Bhagavad Gita 3.35

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"The yogi who is advanced in devotion enjoys the presence of the Supreme Lord in his heart at all times." - Bhagavad Gita 8.22

"The offering of wisdom is better than any material offering." - Bhagavad Gita 4.33

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"When a man dwells on the objects of sense, he creates an attraction for them; attraction develops into desire, and desire breeds anger." - Bhagavad Gita 2.62

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"The man who sees me in everything and everything within me will attain perfect peace." - Bhagavad Gita 6.30

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"The mind is everything. What you think you become." - Bhagavad Gita 6.5

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"One who sees the Supersoul equally present everywhere, in every living being, does not degrade himself by his mind. Thus he approaches the transcendental destination." - Bhagavad Gita 13.28

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"The three gates to self-destructive hell are lust, anger, and greed." - Bhagavad Gita 16.21

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"The soul can never be cut to pieces by any weapon, nor burned by fire, nor moistened by water, nor withered by the wind." - Bhagavad Gita 2.23

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"As a human being puts on new garments, giving up old ones, similarly, the soul accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones." - Bhagavad Gita 2.22

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"I am the beginning, middle, and end of creation." - Bhagavad Gita 10.20

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"Perform your duty equipoised, O Arjuna, abandoning all attachment to success or failure. Such evenness of mind is called yoga." - Bhagavad Gita 2.48

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"The wise see that there is action in the midst of inaction and inaction in the midst of action." - Bhagavad Gita 4.18

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"I am death, the mighty destroyer of the world, out to destroy." - Bhagavad Gita 11.32

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"Those who are motivated only by desire for the fruits of action are miserable, for they are constantly anxious about the results of what they do." - Bhagavad Gita 2.49

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"Whatever action is performed by a great man, common men follow in his footsteps, and whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues." - Bhagavad Gita 3.21

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