Famous Quotes from Vedic Lietrature

SB 1.2.19 : As soon as irrevocable loving service is established in the heart, the effects of nature's modes of passion and ignorance, such as lust, desire and hankering, disappear from the heart. Then the devotee is established in goodness, and he becomes completely happy.

Srimad Bhagavatam SB 1.2.6 : The supreme occupation [dharma] for all humanity is that by which men can attain to loving devotional service unto the transcendent Lord . Such devotional service must be unmotivated and uninterrupted to completely satisfy the self. SB 1.2.8 : The occupational activities a man performs according to his own position are only so much useless labor if they do not provoke attraction for the message of the Personality of Godhead. SB 1.2.9 : All occupational engagements are certainly meant for ultimate liberation. They should never be performed for material gain. Furthermore, according to sages, one who is engaged in the ultimate occupational service should never use material gain to cultivate sense gratification. SB 1.2.13 : O best among the twice-born, it is therefore concluded that the highest perfection one can achieve by discharging the duties prescribed for one's own occupation according to caste divisions and orders of life is to pleas...

Srimad Bhagavtam SB 1.5.8 : Sri Narada said: The philosophy which does not satisfy the transcendental senses of the Lord is considered worthless. SB 1.5.10 : Those words which do not describe the glories of the Lord, who alone can sanctify the atmosphere of the whole universe, are considered by saintly persons to be like unto a place of pilgrimage for crows. Since the all-perfect persons are inhabitants of the transcendental abode, they do not derive any pleasure there. SB 1.5.11 : On the other hand, that literature which is full of descriptions of the transcendental glories of the name, fame, forms, pastimes, etc., of the unlimited Supreme Lord is a different creation, full of transcendental words directed toward bringing about a revolution in the impious lives of this world's misdirected civilization. Such transcendental literatures, even though imperfectly composed, are heard, sung and accepted by purified men who are thoroughly honest SB 1.5.12 : Knowledge of self-realization, ...

Chanakya quotes: Even from poison extract nectar, wash and take back gold if it has fallen in filth, receive the highest knowledge (Krsna consciousness) from a low born person; so also a girl possessing virtuous qualities (stri-ratna) even if she were born in a disreputable family.

Chanakya Niti quote: A wise man should marry a virgin of a respectable family even if she is deformed. He should not marry one of a low-class family, through beauty. Marriage in a family of equal status is preferable. A wicked wife, a false friend, a saucy servant and living in a house with a serpent in it are nothing but death. Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortun. Even from poison extract nectar, wash and take back gold if it has fallen in filth, receive the highest knowledge (Krsna consciousness) from a low born person; so also a girl possessing virtuous qualities (stri-ratna) even if she were born in a disreputable family.

Chanakya Niti quotes: Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortun. He is a true friend who does not forsake us in time of need, misfortune, famine, or war, in a king's court, or at the crematorium (smasana). Do not put your trust in rivers, men who carry weapons, beasts with claws or horns, women, and members of a royal family

Chanakya Niti quotes : Even a pandit comes to grief by giving instruction to a foolish disciple, by maintaining a wicked wife, and by excessive familiarity with the miserable. A wicked wife, a false friend, a saucy servant and living in a house with a serpent in it are nothing but death Save your wealth against future calamity. Do not say, "What fear has a rich man, of calamity?" When riches begin to forsake one even the accumulated stock dwindles away.

Chanakya Niti Quotes: That man who by the study of these maxims from the satras acquires a knowledge of the most celebrated principles of duty, and understands what ought and what ought not to be followed, and what is good and what is bad, is most excellent. Do not inhabit a country where you are not respected, cannot earn your livelihood, have no friends, or cannot acquire knowledge. Do not stay for a single day where there are not these five persons: a wealthy man, a brahmin well versed in Vedic lore, a king, a river and a physician. Wise men should never go into a country where there are no means of earning one's livelihood, where the people have no dread of anybody, have no sense of shame, no intelligence, or a charitable disposition.