Jaggi Vasudev Quotes

The virtue involved in helping those one loves is not 'selflessness' or 'sacrifice,' but integrity.

It's Not sacrifice if it's someone else's life you're giving away, it's just evil.

I never did a right thing or abstained from a wrong one from any consideration of reward or punishment.

A perfect man would never act from a sense of duty; he’d always want the right thing more than the wrong one. Duty is only a substitute for love (of God and of other people) like a crutch which is a substitute for a leg. Most of us need the crutch at times; but of course it is idiotic to use the crutch when our own legs (our own loves, tastes, habits etc.) can do the journey on their own.

Throughout my life, I have always tried to do what is right.

I have a pretty keen ethical compass.

It's better to die doing good than to live doing evil.

Is it important to be right or is it important to do what's right? That's one of the hardest lessons to learn.

It's more important to do the right thing than to do things right.

He, who practices right, but in the hope of acquiring great renown, is very near to vice.

Prefer punishment to disgraceful gain; for the one is painful but once, but the other for one's whole life.

That which is selfish is immoral, and that which is unselfish is moral.

Human dignity can be achieved only in the field of ethics, and ethical achievement is measured by the degree in which our actions are governed by compassion and love, not by greed and aggressiveness.

It can never be necessary to do what is not honourable.

There can be no question of holding forth on ethics. I have seen people behave badly with great morality and I note every day that integrity has no need of rules

Only the action that is moved by love for the good at hand has the hope of being responsible and generous.

Ambition without principle never was long under the guidance of good sense.

You stand for what is right, Lina, without the expectation of gratitude or reward.

Plunder is morally wrong. It ruins your credibility.

Peace of mind just can't be bought. Trust me: Even if your conscience doesn't stop you from playing dirty to get what you want, once you get it, it will keep you from enjoying it. As my mother used to say, "A good conscience is God's eye." Which is why I always prefer a loss to an underhanded gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time.

People will not follow a leader with moral incongruities for long. Every time you compromise character you compromise leadership. The foundation of firm leadership is character.

Do whatever you can that doesn't compromise your morals.

Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.

Integrity is hard work. I do think the Internet makes it harder because of the temptations of performance. You can perform and have integrity, but it's easier just to perform.

You can't be right by doing wrong; you can't be wrong by doing right.