Our Quotes of the Day:
Individual Peace paves the way for world peace. The attainment of inner calm is the greatest work you can do for humanity.
The mother's love is not given to us to spoil us with indulgence, but to soften our hearts, that we may in turn soften others with kindness.
If we feel inwardly strong, we will have no need or desire to speak ill of others.
God is not a person but creativity, not a creator but creativity.
A dream that is not understood remains a mere occurrence; understood it becomes a living experience.
At present, the worldly man is helpless to achieve God-realization.
Being desirable means being comfortable with your own ambiguity. The most ambiguous reality is that we are flesh and spirit at the same time. Within everyone there is light and shadow, good and evil, love and hate. In order to be truthful, you must embrace your total being. A person who exhibits both positive and negative qualities, strengths and weaknesses is not flawed, but complete.
Every living creature is the son of the supreme Lord, and He does not tolerate even ants being killed.
Love is a decision, not an emotion.
To put it still more plainly: the desire for security and the feeling of insecurity are the same thing. To hold your breath is to lose your breath. A society based on the quest for security is nothing but a breath-retention contest in which everyone is as taut as a drum and as purple as a beet.
As you forget self in service to others, you will find that, without seeking it, your own cup of happiness will be full.
The wise man should keep the balance between love and power; he should keep the love in his nature ever increasing and expanding, and at the same time strengthen the will so that the heart may not easily be broken.
Real travel requires a maximum of unscheduled wandering, for there is no other way of discovering surprises and marvels, which, as I see it, is the only good reason for not staying at home.
And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
The now wherein God made the world is as near this time as the now I am speaking in this moment, and the last day is as near this now as was yesterday.
As far as possible, everyone in the family should eat together.
I know not how I may seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering upon the vast shores of knowledge, every now and then finding a small bright pebble to content myself with.
Whatever had form or shape must be limited, and could not be eternal.
For the warrior, every moment is a challenge to be genuine, and each challenge is delightful. When you let go properly, you can relax and enjoy the challenge.
Because all existence is founded upon the ever-present state of union, everything already exists in a state of tranquility. However, this state of tranquility is masked from us by our assumption that there is a separation, that there is a problem.
The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.
Love can be a very mystical and mysterious thing because love springs from the very inner depths of our soul. It does not arise from the ever-changing tides of our mind or intellect.
If you are negotiating you must do so in a spirit of reconciliation, not from the point of view of issuing ultimatums.
