Our Quotes of the Day:
I never lost or fail, not yet conquered. If I fall seven times, I get up eight.
Unless you do the right things, the right things will not happen to you.
There is a saying in Tibetan that "at the door of the miserable rich man sleeps the contented beggar". The point of this saying is not that poverty is a virtue, but that happiness does not come with wealth, but from setting limits to one's desires, and living within those limits with satisfaction.
Whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
When the carnivorous animal finds prey, he boldly seizes the prey and greedily laps the jetting blood. On the contrary, the herbivorous animal refuses his natural food, leaving it untouched, if it is sprinkled with a little blood. In men we find they cannot bear even the sight of [animal] killings. Slaughterhouses are always recommended to be removed far from the towns. Can flesh then be considered the natural food of man, when both his eyes and his nose are so much against it, unless deceived by flavors of spices, salt and sugar?
Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.
Do not worry if all the candles in the world flicker and die. We have the spark that starts the fire.
By love, harmony and beauty you must turn the whole of life into a single vision of divine glory.
It is difficult to express the state when the breath becomes tranquil, Sthira.
We can sit in classes and hear very nice theoretical philosophy and we can have great conviction of our intelligence. That is very good and important. But factually, unless that philosophical conviction generates a sense of enthusiasm within one’s heart for the service of the Lord, it is like an empty decoration.
Out of the formless the forms appear.
Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, therefore no harm can befall you; all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence.
Laugh because that is the purest sound.
He who cannot describe the problem will never find the solution to that problem.
Whatever you do in your business comes out of a state of inner alignment with life and the source of life itself, so peace flows into whatever you do.
Happiness lies in making others happy, in forsaking self-interest to bring joy to others.
The kingdom of God is available to you in the here and the now. But the question is whether you are available to the kingdom. Our practice is to make ourselves ready for the kingdom so that it can manifest in the here and the now. You don't need to die in order to enter the kingdom of heaven. In fact, you have to be truly alive in order to do so.
Yesterday is gone and took away its tale. Today we must live a fresh story again.
In an atmosphere of ahimsa, one has no scope to put his ahimsa to the test. It can be tested only in the face of himsa.
As soon as we identify ourselves with the work we do, we feel miserable; but if we do not identify ourselves with it, we do not feel that misery.
Do you realize that Jesus is there in the tabernacle expressly for you- for you alone? He burns with the desire to come into your heart... don't listen to the demon, laugh at him, and go without fear to receive the Jesus of peace and love.
The trouble is you think you have time.
Life gives you plenty of time to do whatever you want to do if you stay in the present moment.
