Our Quotes of the Day:
Spirituality is allowing compassion and love to flourish. When belongness begins, corruption ends.
Always think of yourself as everyone's servant; look for Christ Our Lord in everyone and you will then have respect and reverence for them all.
Who is it that loves and who that suffers? He alone stages a play with Himself; who exists save Him? The individual suffers because he perceives duality. It is duality which causes all sorrow and grief. Find the One everywhere and in everything and there will be an end to pain and suffering.
There is nothing that wastes the body like worry.
No concept is a carrier of life.
Thoroughly unprepared, we take the step into the afternoon of life. Worse still, we take this step with the false presupposition that our truths and our ideals will serve us as hitherto. But we cannot live the afternoon of life according to the program of life’s morning, for what was great in the morning will be little at evening and what in the morning was true, at evening will have become a lie.
In most cases, worldly love ends in hatred and deep sorrow.
Even the gods envy those who are touched by the Lord’s love.
By our trust in the divine beauty in every person we develop that beauty in ourselves.
One of the most difficult things to learn is to render service without bossing, without making a fuss about it, and without any consciousness of high and low. In the world of spirituality, humility counts at least as much as utility.
God has many names, though He is only one Being.
Fruitful is the entire life of those, who feel hunger for the Name of the Lord in their minds.
A mind committed to compassion is like an overflowing reservoir - a constant source of energy, determination, and kindness.
To dwell in the here and now does not mean you never think about the past or responsibly plan for the future. The idea is simply not to allow yourself to get lost in regrets about the past or worries about the future. If you are firmly grounded in the present moment, the past can be an object of inquiry, the object of your mindfulness and concentration. You can attain many insights by looking into the past. But you are still grounded in the present moment.
We need to go back to our relationship with nature and understand that those trees are our lungs. The earth is recycling as our body. The rivers are our circulation. This air is our breath. And the star stuff, the carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen that comes from distant galaxies is actually the molecules of your body.
Let the mind come as it wants; just you don't go with it. The greatest salesman in the world cannot sell you if you don't buy.
Watch people do their most common actions; these are indeed the things that will tell you the real character of a great person.
Be contented with what you possess in life; be thankful for what does not belong to you, for it is so much less care; but try to obtain what you need, and make the best of every moment of your life.
God gives us things to share, God doesn't give us things to hold.
Enlightenment remains unrealized so long as it is considered as a specific state to be attained, and for which there are standards of success.
If we open our eyes, if we open our minds, if we open our hearts, we will find that this world is a magical place. It is magical not because it tricks us or changes unexpectedly into something else, but because it can be so vividly and brilliantly.
In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.
True happiness is found in giving, not in receiving.
