Our Quotes of the Day:
Happiness cannot come from hatred or anger. Nobody can say, 'Today I am happy because this morning I was angry.' On the contrary, people feel uneasy and sad and say, 'Today I am not very happy, because I lost my temper this morning.'
Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.
If someone remains in a peaceful and tranquil state of mind, external surroundings can cause them only a limited disturbance.
This world is your best teacher. There is a lesson in everything. There is a lesson in each experience. Learn it and become wise. Every failure is a stepping stone to success. Every difficulty or disappointment is a trial of your faith. Every unpleasant incident or temptation is a test of your inner strength. Therefore nil desperandum. March forward hero!
The purpose of labor is to learn; when you know it, the labor is over.
The greatest is to have a tendency to friendship; this is expressed in the form of tolerance and forgiveness, in the form of service and trust. In whatever form he may express it this is the central theme: the constant desire to prove one's love for humanity, to be the friend of all.
It's possible to be completely enlightened... except with your family.
One should remain as a witness to whatever happens, adopting the attitude, 'Let whatever strange things that happen happen, let us see!' This should be one's practice. Nothing happens by accident in the divine scheme of things.
This body of ours has one fault: the more you indulge it, the more things it discovers to be essential to it. It is extraordinary how it likes being indulged.
The art of knowing is knowing what to ignore.
In vocal prayer we speak to God; in mental prayer he speaks to us. It is then that God pours Himself into us.
In whatever name or form they are offered, all these flowers are laid at God's feet, for He is the one Lord of all, the one Soul of all souls.
Concentrate on your task.
The menu is not the meal.
We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
Art arises from the interaction of the mind and the heart.
Instead of respecting things, we want to use them for ourselves and if it is difficult to use them, we want to conquer them.
By being with yourself, the 'I am', by watching yourself in your daily life with alert interest, with the intention to understand rather than judge, in full acceptance of whatever may emerge, because it is there, you encourage the deep to come to the surface, and enrich your life and consciousness with its captive energies.
Understanding of the self only arises in relationship, in watching yourself in relationship to people, ideas, and things; to trees, the earth, and the world around you and within you. Relationship is the mirror in which the self is revealed. Without self-knowledge there is no basis for right thought and action.
Self-Knowledge is the best of all forms of knowledge; it is the highest of all sciences, because through it one attains Immortality.
Fill your mind with compassion.
Drop all your botheration to me and be free of worry
Nobody is smarter than you are. And what if they are? What good is their understanding doing you?
