Top 101 Gita Quotes & Sayings

In the characteristics of the perfected man of the Gita, I do not see any to correspond to physical warfare.

The Gita is not only my Bible and my Koran, it is more than that, it is my mother.

The renunciation of the Gita is the acid test of faith.

Gita and Ganga constitute the essence of Hinduism; one its theory and the other its practice.

You can't desecrate Guru Granth Sahib, Gita or Quran.

The main reason why we look constantly to the Gita is that, whenever we need help, we may get it from the Gita. And, indeed, we always do get it.

My Gita tells me that evil can never result from a good action.

Salvation of the Gita is perfect peace.

In the East, as in the West, newspapers are fast becoming people's Bible, Koran, Zend-Avesta and Gita all rolled into one.

The Bhagavad-Gita has a profound influence on the spirit of mankind by its devotion to God which is manifested by actions.

Newspapers today have almost replaced the Bible, the Koran, the Gita and other religious scriptures.

The Gita is not for those who have no faith.

The lives of Zoroaster, Jesus and Mohammed, as I have understood them, have illumined many a passage in the Gita.

I read "The Yoga Sutras" every day.And also the "The Bhagavad Gita." Those two books sit by my bed.

There is only one God for us all, whether we find him through the Koran, the Zend-Avesta, The Tolmud, or the Gita.

In the Gita continuous concentration on God is the king of sacrifices.

This is what Krishna says in the Bhagavad-Gita - Karma Yoga. If you can't avoid action, you might as well act.

Let the Gita be to you a mine of diamonds, as it has been to me; let it be your constant guide and friend on life's way.

My siblings and I grew up studying from both the Bhagavad-Gita and the Bible, going to Mass, and then coming home to a yoga kirtan.

Devotion required by the Gita is no soft-hearted effusiveness.

The Bhagavad-Gita is where God Himself talks to His devotee Arjuna.

You will be nearer to Heaven through foot ball than through study of Gita.

I heard about Bhagavad Gita very early in my childhood, from the age of five onwards. It was one of the earliest things I started to read when I started to read. And it was very much a part of my consciousness. In the beginning, I saw the "Bhagavad Gita" as a text that was very classical, much like the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey" - a mythical saga that showed the eternal conflict between good and evil. But much later, as I grew up, I realized that it was much more than that.

I brought Bhagawad Gita as a gift for the Japanese PM...I don't have anything better than Gita to give & nor does the World has anything better to receive.

When doubts haunt me, when disappointments stare me in the face, and I see not one ray of hope on the horizon, I turn to Bhagavad-gita and find a verse to comfort me; and I immediately begin to smile in the midst of overwhelming sorrow. Those who meditate on the Gita will derive fresh joy and new meanings from it every day.

In the Bhagavad Gita, there is no long discussion, nothing elaborate. The main reason for this is that everything stated in the Gita is meant to be tested in the life of every man; it is intended to be verified in practice.

According to the letter of the Gita, it is possible to say that warfare is consistent with renunciation of fruit.

The Gita has become for me the key to the scriptures of the world.

A literal interpretation of the Gita lands one in a sea of contradictions.

The secret of karma yoga which is to perform actions without any fruitive desires is taught by Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad-Gita.

'Talks on the Gita' is the story of my life, and it is also my message.

The Bible is as much a book of religion with me as the Gita and the Koran.

The object of the Gita appears to me to be that of showing the most excellent way to attain self-realization.

The Krishna of the Gita is perfection and right knowledge personified, but the picture is imaginary.

The Gita distinguishes between the powers of light and darkness and demonstrates their incompatibility.

In our household, the Bible, the Koran and the Bhagavad Gita sat on the shelf alongside books of Greek and Norse and African mythology

If people can understand the Lord's message in Bhagavad-gita, they can become truly happy.

The Gita is like a bouquet composed of the beautiful flowers of spiritual truths collected from the Upanishads.

In order to approach a creation as sublime as the Bhagavad-Gita with full understanding it is necessary to attune our soul to it.

I still somehow or other fancy that "my philosophy" represents the true meaning of the teaching of the Gita.

In order that knowledge may not run riot, the author of the Gita has insisted on devotion accompanying it and has given it the first place.

I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita... "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." I suppose we all thought that, one way or another.

Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds. (quoting the Bhagavad-Gita after witnessing the first Nuclear explosion.)

From a clear knowledge of the Bhagavad-gita all the goals of human existence become fulfilled. Bhagavad-gita is the manifest quintessence of all the teachings of the Vedic scriptures.

The Bhagavad Gita is not as nice a book as some Americans think...Throughout the Mahabharata ... Krishna goads human beings into all sorts of murderous and self-destructive behaviors such as war.... The Gita is a dishonest book .

The Sermon on the Mount...went straight to my heart. I compared it with the Gita. My young mind tried to unify the teaching of the Gita, the `Light of Asia' and the Sermon on the Mount. That renunciation was the highest form of religion appealed to me greatly.

A devotee of Rama may be said to be the same as the steadfast one (sthitaprajnya) of the Gita.

Bhagavd Gita is a major source of inspiration for me and the spiritual text has a special role in my life.

In the Bhagavad-Gita, a book that I revere and respect, it's indicated that even women, along with animals, are capable of attaining enlightenment.

The Gita is not an aphoristic work, it is a great religious poem.

The marvel of the Bhagavad-Gita is its truly beautiful revelation of life's wisdom which enables philosophy to blossom into religion.

I've been practicing Ayurvedic medicine, and I've read the 'Bhagavad Gita' and Rumi, and these are very important.

The Gita is the greatest gospel of spiritual works ever yet given to the race.

In life, there are always intense battles, and yet we must practise the lessons from the Gita.

When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about how God created this universe everything else seems so superfluous

The message of the Gita is to be found in the second chapter of the Gita where Lord Krishna speaks of the balanced state of mind, of mental equipoise.

Self-realization is the object of the Gita, as it is of all scriptures.

This is the central idea of the Gita- to be calm and steadfast in all circumstances, with one's body, mind, and soul centered at His hallowed feet!

The sanyasa of the Gita will not tolerate complete cessation of activity.

I have made the Bhagwad Gita as the main source of my inspiration and guide for the purpose of scientific investigations and formation of my theories.