Eknath Easwaran Quotes

It takes a lot of strength to let go.

He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions.

Victory in physical battles requires strength, muscles, and skill; but the fight is never tougher and victory is never sweeter than in the battles over self.

Strength instead of being the lusty child of passion, grows by grappling with and subduing them.

Our ability to handle life's challenges is a measure of our strength of character.

I'm coming from a place of total strength and humility now.

Courage is the capacity to meet the anxiety which arises as one achieves freedom.

I think the inner strength that I have helps me stay calm.

Why do they always teach us that it's easy and evil to do what we want and that we need discipline to restrain ourselves? It's the hardest thing in the world--to do what we want. And it takes the greatest kind of courage. I mean, what we really want.

We have two lives, the life we learn with and the life we live with after that. Suffering is what brings us toward happiness.

One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: ‘To rise above little things’.

Only in the crucible of self-mastery can freedom be smelted

Your life is a learning process - you can only become wiser from learning. Sometimes you might have to attract making a painful mistake to learn something important, but after the mistake you have far greater wisdom. Wisdom cannot be bought with money - it can only be acquired through living life. With wisdom comes strength, courage, knowing, and an ever-increasing peace.

Go within every day and find the inner strength so that the world will not blow your candle out

It takes courage to realize that you are greater than your moods, greater than your thoughts, and that you can control your moods and thoughts.

True strength is the courage to admit our weaknesses.

As our heart summons our strength, our wisdom must direct it.

Conquer yourself and you can conquer everything else.

It is good and very grand to conquer external nature, but grander still to conquer our internal nature.... This conquering of the inner man, understanding the secrets of the subtle workings that are within the human mind, and knowing its wonderful secrets, belong entirely to religion.

It takes strength to show vulnerability.

Discipline is built by consistently performing small acts of courage.

What we want is muscles of iron and nerves of steel. We have wept long enough. No more weeping, but stand on your feet and be men. It is man-making theories that we want. It is man-making education all round that we want.

Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation of good relationships with others.

I now see how gifts like courage, compassion, and connection only work when they are exercised. Every day.

It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people then to dominate them, more 'manhood' to abide by thought-out principles rather than blind reflex. Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles and an immature mind.