Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Quotes

By enlivening this most basic level of life, Transcendental Meditation is that one simple procedure which can raise the life of every individual and every society to its full dignity, in which problems are absent and perfect health, happiness, and a rapid pace of progress are the natural features of life.

Good luck and good timing are the same thing.

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

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.

Don't go for what you know you can get. Go for what you really want.

No action can be performed successfully without a clear result in view.

The basic fundamental of behaviour should be to give.

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.

Do not fight the darkness, let the light in and the darkness will disappear.

Nature works in parallel ways.

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

All world conflicts will be resolved if people listen to my advice.

Like the air, God's Grace is available to us. It is permeating every fibre of Being and the Being of the entire universe. When we take our attention to that Being, finer than the finest, then we establish ourselves on the level of God's Grace. Immediately we just enjoy. Life is Bliss!

Consciousness in the individual is that area where the totality of life is located.

Experience shows that Being is the essential, basic nature of the mind; but, since It commonly remains in tune with the senses projecting outwards toward the manifested realms of creation, the mind misses or fails to appreciate its own essential nature, just as the eyes are unable to see themselves.

The United States influences government and life everywhere else.

They think democracy - I used to say "damn the democracy", because it's not a stable government.

There is one unity, unified wholeness, total natural law, in the transcendental unified consciousness.

The genius of man is hidden in the silent, settled state of mind from where every thought emerges.

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

If you're too busy to meditate twice a day, you're just too busy.

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.

To resolve problems through negotiation is a very childish approach.

America is the most creative country and the most powerful government in the world.

Naturalness is the basis of effectiveness.

There is time in life for everything.

We don't do what we know is wrong.

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.

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.

Allow your love to nourish yourself as well as others.

There is nothing in life to take seriously except the joy of life.

Transcendental Meditation opens the awareness to the infinite reservoir of energy, creativity, and intelligence that lies deep within everyone.

Success in anything is through happiness.

Behaviour arises from the level of one's consciousness.

Just as a mountain of snow is nothing but water, so also the whole universe is nothing but bliss.

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.

When you are appreciating creation as much as the Creator, then the Creator will ask, 'Who is appreciating my creation as much as me. Let me see this person.'

The kingdom of heaven is like electricity. You don't see it. It is within you.

Don't fight darkness. Bring the light, and darkness will disappear.

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

If a man is able to submit himself to nature, then nature will react to his needs. Almighty nature is all powerful and all loving, for the laws of nature are for the creation and evolution of all beings and creatures throughout the cosmos. There is no greater kindness than the kindness of nature.

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

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

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

We must take situations as they are. We must only change our mental attitudes towards them.

When we think of failure; failure will be ours. If we remain undecided nothing will ever change. All we need to do is want to achieve something great and then simply to do it. Never think of failure, for what we think, will come about.

Nature knows best how to organise.

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.