Flint has the potential to produce fire, and gems have intrinsic value. We ordinary people can see neither our own eyelashes, which are so close, nor the heavens in the distance. Likewise, we do not see that the Buddha exists in our own hearts.

Plant a Seed so your Heart will Grow.

Krishna is only decorated by the love of His devotees and similarly for devotees, their only decoration is their heart full of love for Krishna.

My heart is like a flower, blooming in the garden of love; Krishna is the gardener who tends to it with care.

One loving heart sets another on fire.

Each of us sees in others what we carry in our own hearts.

We all face death in the end. But on the way, be careful never to hurt a human heart!

Only in silence I find myself. Life in the city is so hectic that you lose the right perspective. It's important to know that our biggest resources are in our heart.

Most people are unhappy; and they are unhappy because there is no love in their hearts.

Meditation is the eye that sees the Truth, the heart that feels the Truth and the soul that realises the Truth.

When one realizes God, He grants knowledge and illumination from within; one knows it oneself. In the fullness of one's spiritual realization one will find that He who resides in one's heart, resides in the hearts of others as well - the oppressed, the persecuted, the untouchable, and the outcast.

The hardness of a diamond is part of its usefulness, but its true value is in the light that shines through it.

Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark. In effect, the people who change our lives the most begin to sing to us while we are still in darkness. If we listen to their song, we will see the dawning of a new part of ourselves.

Compassion is the bridge that connects hearts and creates a harmonious society.

We should let the full moon of God’s presence glow in our hearts to dispel darkness and clear clouds of ignorance. When we perceive all living beings as brilliant illuminant stars and God as full moon then the real beauty and love manifests in our lives.

Your name is upon my tongue your image is in my sight your memory is in my heart where can I send these words that I write?

How do we fight back? By creating art.

As the bonfires of knowledge grow brighter, the more the darkness is revealed to our startled eyes.

When the heart gets into prayer, every beat of the heart creates a miracle.

We live not, in reality, on the summit of a solid earth but at the bottom of an ocean of air.

Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.

Be a Gardener. Dig a ditch. Toil and sweat. And turn the earth upside down. And seek the deepness. And water plants in time. Continue this labor. And make sweet floods to run, and noble and abundant fruits to spring. Take this food and drink, and carry it to God as your true worship.

It is important to realize that a large percentage of what we hear or see on the news focuses on those places where there is violent conflict...It gives us a slightly or very distorted view of what is going on because there are many other parts of the planet where there is no violent conflict, but that is not on the news.