Our Quotes of the Day:
In the stillness of the mind I saw myself as I am - unbound.
It is much more beneficial to your health if you feel your way through life than think your way through life.
Suffer no anxiety, for he who is a sufferer of anxiety becomes regardless of enjoyment of the world and the spirit, and contraction happens to his body and soul.
Go wherever the facts lead.
Acquire a firm will and the utmost patience.
You are all searching for the silence of the mountain. But you're looking for something outside. This silence is accessible to you right now, inside the center of your own being.
God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
We need prayer to understand God's love for us. If we really mean to pray and want to pray we must be ready to do it now. These are only the first steps towards prayer but if we never make the first step with determination, we will not reach the last one: the presence of God.
Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.
Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life.
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. — John 13:34
The more you practice zazen, the more you will be able to accept something as your own, whatever it is.
My soul experienced a peace so sweet, so deep, it would be impossible to express it.
The highest state is laughter.
The vocation and mission of the faithful can only be understood in light of a renewed awareness of the Church as sacrament or sign and instrument of intimate union with God, of the unity of the whole of mankind, and of the personal duty to adhere more closely to her.
These people are like ... a frog living in a well, who has never seen the outside world. He knows only his well, so he will not believe that there is such a thing as the world. Likewise, people talk so much about the world because they have not known the joy of God.
Hands are the heart's landscape.
When anger rises, think of the consequences.
All power is His and within His command.
Peace does not come through prayer, we human beings must create peace.
We grow through investigation, and to investigate we need experience. We tend to repeat what we have not understood. If we are sensitive and intelligent, we need not suffer. Pain is a call for attention and the penalty of carelessness. Intelligent and compassionate action is the only remedy.
Pulling out the chair beneath your mind And watching you fall upon God What else is there for Hafiz to do that is any fun in this world!
You must accept the teachings of Christ and follow them. Christ said to be like a little child - never think or speak anything that could harm anyone.
