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It is better to do thine own duty, however lacking in merit, than to do that of another, even though efficiently. It is better to die doing one's own duty, for to do the duty of another is fraught with danger.


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BHAGAVAD GITA I am the fraud of the gambler; I am the splendor of the splendid; I am victory [of the victorious]; ...
BHAGAVAD GITA The light that comes from the sun illuminates the whole world; and that which is in the moon, and in...
BHAGAVAD GITA Therefore, resort to Karma-yoga and cut the ignorance-born doubt abiding in your heart by the sword ...
BHAGAVAD GITA There is nothing, animate or inanimate, that can exist without Me.
BHAGAVAD GITA The evil doers, the ignorant, the lowest persons who are attached to demonic nature, and whose intel...
BHAGAVAD GITA Treating pleasure and pain, gain and loss, victory and defeat alike, engage yourself in your duty. B...
BHAGAVAD GITA One's inferior natural work is better than superior unnatural work. One who does the work ordained b...
BHAGAVAD GITA If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splend...
THE BHAGAVAD GITA They all attain perfection When they find joy in their work.
THE BHAGAVAD GITA As in this body, there are for the embodied one childhood, youth, old age, even so is there the taki...
THE BHAGAVAD GITA If one desires a change, one must be that change before that change can take place.
GITA BELLIN There are always risks in freedom. The only risk in bondage is breaking free.
GITA BELLIN Experience is determined by yourself -- not the circumstances of your life.
GITA BELLIN Never be afraid to treat the path alone. Know which is your path and follow it wherever it may lead ...
GITA BELLIN Desire and anger are objects of the mind, but the mind is not yours, nor ever has been. You are choi...
ASHTAVAKRA GITA This existence is just imagination. It is nothing in reality, but there is no non-being for natures ...
ASHTAVAKRA GITA You may recite or listen to countless scriptures, but you will not be established within until you c...
ASHTAVAKRA GITA While a man of pure intelligence may achieve the
goal by the most casual of instruction, anothe...
ASHTAVAKRA GITA Trying to think the unthinkable, is doing something unnatural to thought.
ASHTAVAKRA GITA He who is desireless, self-reliant, independent and free of bonds functions like a dead leaf blown a...
ASHTAVAKRA GITA If one desires a change, one must be that change before that change can take place.
GITA BELLIN I don't date as an active activity anymore because the work of loving myself is enough.
GITA JACKSON Even amongst fierce flames/ The golden lotus can be planted.
BHAGAVID-GITA I sell gas for $2.61; I buy it for $2.59. I'm tired of it.
GITA BHIMANI They are on a hunger strike because they want a hearing in court with a lawyer of their own. They ar...
GITA GUTIERREZ Furthermore, manufacturers and designers of backpacks often try to optimize design based upon the da...
GITA MURTHY Furthermore, manufacturers and designers of backpacks often try to optimize design based upon the da...
GITA MURTHY This is one of the worst things the Senate has ever done. On the back of a cocktail napkin they have...
GITA GUTIERREZ