Our Quotes of the Day:
Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.
The Highest to which people can attain is wonder; and if the prime phenomenon makes them wonder, let them be content; nothing higher can it give them, and nothing further should they seek for behind it; there is the limit.
Should prosperity befall thee, rejoice not, and should abasement come upon thee, grieve not, for both shall pass away and be no more.
Remember, one day or another you will leave this world; do not run madly after material things.
Forgiveness is the best charity. (It is easy to give the poor money and goods when one has plenty, but to forgive is hard; but it is the best thing if one can do it.)
It will be necessary for us Indians - Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Jews, Parsis and all others to whom India is their home - to recognize a common flag to live and die for.
Always remember, nothing can touch you if you inwardly love God.
For the practice of yoga and meditation, there are three important requirements: a sense of morality; mind control; knowledge or intelligence.
I hope that your example attracts many souls to the adoration of Jesus Christ who is present on the altar to be of comfort and hope to those who confide in him with faith and love; they look on him as the Emmanuel, God with us, who wished to dwell amongst us: his heart in our heart
Knowledge is structured in consciousness.
Emotions arise in the place where your mind and body meet.
Be grateful for your difficulties and challenges, for they hold blessings. In fact... Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health, personal growth, individuation and self-actualisation.
When we pay attention to nature's music, we find that everything on the Earth contributes to its harmony.
I believe in the absolute oneness of God and, therefore, also of humanity. What though we have many bodies? We have but one soul. The rays of the sun are many through refraction. But they have the same source. I cannot, therefore, detach myself from the wickedest soul (nor may I be denied identity with the most virtuous).
Thinking is a wonderful tool if it's applied. Thinking, however, cannot become the master. Thinking is a very bad master. If you're dominated by thinking then your life becomes very restricted.
Love gives beauty to everything it touches.
I am basically optimistic.
Know that this universe is nothing but a dream bluff of nature to test your consciousness of immortality.
Do not do what you like – do what the world needs. Doing what you like is not freedom. Likes and dislikes are compulsive.
The fitness of the pupil is shown in his love for the acquisition of knowledge, his willingness to receive instruction, his reverence for learned and virtuous men, his attendance upon the teacher, and his execution of orders.
There is always a light within us that is free from all sorrow and grief, no matter how much we may be experiencing suffering.
When you sit in the full lotus position, your left foot is on your right thigh and your right foot is on your left thigh. When we cross our legs like this, even though we have a right leg and a left leg, they become one. The position expresses the oneness of duality: not two and not one. This is the most important teaching: not two, and not one. Our body and mind are not two and not one. If you think your body and mind are two, that is wrong; if you think that they are one, that is also wrong. Our body and mind are both two and one.
Her heart is full of joy with love, for in the Lord her mind is stilled. She has renounced every selfish attachment and draws abiding joy and strength from the One within. She lives not for herself, but lives to serve the Lord of Love in all, and swims across the sea of life breasting its rough waves joyfully.
