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God bestows perfect security on His devotees and removes all sorts of fears. He transforms the sense of insecurity and fear into one of confidence and faith. He saves him from panic and despair.

— Swami Sivananda Conquest of Fear (1960)

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Beef, wine, garlic, onions, and tobacco are Tamasic food-stuffs. They exercise a very unwholesome influence on the human mind and fill it with emotions of anger, darkness, and inertia.

Be Good, Do Good. Do thou always without attachment perform action which should be done, for by performing action without attachment, man reaches the Supreme.

Stand not a beggar before the door of science seeking power that kills more than heals.

Sayings of Swami Sivanada (1947)

If the fear is released or dispelled, he will have peace of mind.

Conquest of Fear (1960)

It is not through compulsion or rules or regulations that men can be transformed into divine beings. They all must have convincing experiences of their own. (Helpfulness and Love Towards All)

Autobiography of Swami Sivananda (1958)

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