Our Quotes of the Day:
I am nothing; I am but an instrument, a tiny pencil in the hands of the Lord with which He writes what he likes. However imperfect we are, he writes beautifully.
Do not be afraid to be holy! Have the courage and humility to present yourselves to the world determined to be holy, since full, true freedom is born from holiness.
Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence.
Jesus needs neither books nor Doctors of Divinity in order to instruct souls; He, the Doctor of Doctors, He teaches without noise of words.
The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens.
The scriptures say to wake up from the deep sleep of ignorance, remain fully awake, remain conscious, & go on learning.
All you need is already within you, only you must approach your self with reverence and love. Self-condemnation and self-distrust are grievous errors. Your constant flight from pain and search for pleasure is a sign of love you bear for your self, all I plead with you is this: make love of your self perfect. Deny yourself nothing -- glue your self infinity and eternity and discover that you do not need them; you are beyond.
Let your heart speak to others' hearts.
Protect yourself... from your own thoughts.
There is nothing so much like God in all the universe as silence.
The breeze of grace is always blowing; set your sail to catch that breeze.
Simplicity is the key to a fulfilled life.
Live like a mighty river.
Those who own much have much to fear.
Through money or power you cannot solve all problems. The problem in the human heart must be solved first.
Control of senses is an important human value.
We begin every act of choice and avoidance from pleasure, and it is to pleasure that we return using our experience of pleasure as the criterion of every good thing.
I can only think seriously of trying to live up to an ideal, to improve myself, if I am split in two pieces. There must be a good "I" and a bad "I".
Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
What kind of Yoga do you want to practice, the Yoga of getting or the Yoga of giving?... One enslaves, the other liberates.
When this love becomes developed in man it makes him able to understand the real position of his own Self as well as of others surrounding him.
No human heart is denied empathy. No religion can demolish that by indoctrination. No culture, no nation and nationalism – nothing can touch it because it is empathy.
Our educational system needs to give equal importance to the intellect and the heart.
