20 Quotes & Sayings By Krishna Udayasankar

Krishna Udayasankar is a popular author and a spiritual teacher. He is the founder of the Bhakti Yoga movement and has been a lama of the International Kriya Yoga Movement for more than thirty years. His books have over 20 million copies in print, and have been translated into thirty-five languages.

It is easier to not know than to not comprehend,...
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It is easier to not know than to not comprehend, for not knowing implies that the world is large, and that is a fact. Not comprehending is a far more personal fault. Krishna Udayasankar
What does it matter who is ruler of a realm...
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What does it matter who is ruler of a realm that no longer exists? Krishna Udayasankar
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No empire lasts forever, no dynasty continues unbroken. Some day, you and I will be mere legends. All that matters is whether we did what we could with the life that was given to us. Krishna Udayasankar
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I am death; I am this blood, these ravaged lands, and this wanton destruction. — Panchali Draupadi Krishna Udayasankar
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… the greatest mystery, the greatest wonder of creation is that we are capable of both relentless reason and boundless love. .. It is not about what we are, but what we can become.— Govinda Shauri Krishna Udayasankar
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The more we prepare for war, the more we make it a reality. Yet, it would seem, to prepare for war may also be the best and possibly the only way to avoid it.’ — Govinda Shauri, The Aryavarta Chronicles - Kurukshetra Krishna Udayasankar
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For too long now divinity and destiny have legitimized what reason and compassion would not. An individual for a family, a family for the kingdom, a kingdom for an empire... And now — an empire for humanity.— Govinda Shauri Krishna Udayasankar
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No one person is the cause for or consequence of all that happens. I am just the tenth man, the threshold, the turn in the tide. I stand here on the shoulders of humanity, a mere instrument of Time.— Govinda Shauri Krishna Udayasankar
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Kill them. Kill them all. Remind the world what it means to be Arya. Remind the world what it is to walk with the gods. — Syoddhan Kauravya Krishna Udayasankar
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Kill them. Kill them all. Remind the world what it means to be Arya. Remind the world what it is to walk with the gods.— Syoddhan Kauravyaw Krishna Udayasankar
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We are at war. There will be scars. — Uttara Vairati Krishna Udayasankar
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The Wheel of Time spins: there is beginning and there is end. But why does the Wheel of Time spin? Is it some divine force that propels it? Or is that force humanity, people in search of change and a better way of life?— Asvattama Bharadvaja Krishna Udayasankar
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I have placed my faith in humanity, but faith in the universal becomes meaningless without faith in the individual. — Panchali Draupadi Krishna Udayasankar
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Peace is one thing, revolution is another. You were either impatient or highly optimistic to think one would lead to the other. — Panchali Draupadi. Krishna Udayasankar
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Men like you and I make myths, we weave stories to sanctify the life that has been given to us. But not Govinda. Men like him don’t make myths; they make destiny. — Kshatta Vidur Krishna Udayasankar
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Without love, we would not comprehend compassion.- Govinda Shauri Krishna Udayasankar
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A new age dawns, Uttara. The Wheel of Time has turned. Not too long from now — hopefully in our lifetime — Aryavarta will be a janapada, a realm ruled by its people, the largest such in the world! — Abhimanyu Karshni Krishna Udayasankar
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Noble though it may be, our way of life is nothing but servitude. It does not take long for servitude to turn to subjugation.— Shikandin Draupada Krishna Udayasankar
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I, on the other hand, felt as I always have, like I were water seeping from a broken pot; I existed but had no form to hold me in place. Krishna Udayasankar