When you see God’s hands in everything, it is easy to leave everything in God’s hands.
-Unknown
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A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer; it sings because it has a song.
-Maya Angelou
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Wisdom is a weapon with which a man may ward off destruction;
It is an inner fortress which no enemy can assail.
Wisdom will harness the mind, diverting it
From wrong and directing it toward right.
-Tirukkural 43: 421-422
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Little by little God takes beauty away. Little by little life's luster decays. Listen to the passage, "To whom We grant a long life, those We cause to decline." Seek the essence and not the structure. The beauty of heart shall forever abide, for it is enriched with the water of life.
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
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Repentance: a fierce battle with the heart.
- Orhot Tzaddikim, 15C
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Not thinking about anything is zen. Once you know this, walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is zen. To know that the mind is empty is to see the Buddha...Using the mind to look for reality is delusion. Not using the mind to look for reality is awareness. Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
-Bodhidharma
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Don't let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.
-Richard L Evans
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May my life merge in the Immortal
When my body is reduced to ashes.
O mind, meditate on the eternal Brahman.
Remember the deeds of the past.
Remember, O mind, remember.
-Isha Upanishad
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Those who do not love the Beloved shall not be able to see Him, for one cannot know and see the sun with a lamp.
-Al-Ghazzali, "Masters of the Path"
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He endures—unangered—
insult, assault, and imprisonment.
His army is strength;
his strength, forbearance:
he's what I call
a brahmin.
-Dhammapada, 399, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
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-Richard L Evans
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May my life merge in the Immortal
When my body is reduced to ashes.
O mind, meditate on the eternal Brahman.
Remember the deeds of the past.
Remember, O mind, remember.
-Isha Upanishad
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Those who do not love the Beloved shall not be able to see Him, for one cannot know and see the sun with a lamp.
-Al-Ghazzali, "Masters of the Path"
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He endures—unangered—
insult, assault, and imprisonment.
His army is strength;
his strength, forbearance:
he's what I call
a brahmin.
-Dhammapada, 399, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
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If you want to have sustained joy, you have to not only make sure that you think right, but you also have to make decisions now that are going to guarantee some joy in the future.
-Joyce Meyer
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Those who possess this wisdom have equal regard for all. They see the same Self in a spiritual aspirant and an outcaste, in an elephant, a cow, and a dog. Such people have mastered life. With even mind they rest in Brahman, who is perfect and is everywhere the same. They are not elated by good fortune nor depressed by bad. With mind established in Brahman, they are free from delusion. Not dependent on any external support, they realize the joy of spiritual awareness. With consciousness unified through meditation, they live in abiding joy.
-Bhagavad Gita 5:18-21
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The Lord Almighty ordained, "Find leisure for My service and I shall fill your hearts with peace and enrich you in bounty."
-The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by Abu Hurairah
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It is good to give charity before praying.
- Shulkhan Arukh, Orakh Chayim
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Of the divine state of love the near enemy is lust, because, like love, it sees good qualities. It is like a foe lurking near a man. Quickly it finds access. Hence love should be well protected from lust. Ill-will is the distant enemy. From its dissimilarity in nature it is like a man's foe dwelling in a mountain fastness, and so on. Hence love should be developed secure from ill-will. It is impossible that one should develop love and at the same time get angry.
-Buddhaghosa, "Visuddhimagga"
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For certain things are not refused us, but their granting is delayed to a fitting time.
-St. Augustine
-Joyce Meyer
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Those who possess this wisdom have equal regard for all. They see the same Self in a spiritual aspirant and an outcaste, in an elephant, a cow, and a dog. Such people have mastered life. With even mind they rest in Brahman, who is perfect and is everywhere the same. They are not elated by good fortune nor depressed by bad. With mind established in Brahman, they are free from delusion. Not dependent on any external support, they realize the joy of spiritual awareness. With consciousness unified through meditation, they live in abiding joy.
-Bhagavad Gita 5:18-21
***
The Lord Almighty ordained, "Find leisure for My service and I shall fill your hearts with peace and enrich you in bounty."
-The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by Abu Hurairah
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It is good to give charity before praying.
- Shulkhan Arukh, Orakh Chayim
***
Of the divine state of love the near enemy is lust, because, like love, it sees good qualities. It is like a foe lurking near a man. Quickly it finds access. Hence love should be well protected from lust. Ill-will is the distant enemy. From its dissimilarity in nature it is like a man's foe dwelling in a mountain fastness, and so on. Hence love should be developed secure from ill-will. It is impossible that one should develop love and at the same time get angry.
-Buddhaghosa, "Visuddhimagga"
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For certain things are not refused us, but their granting is delayed to a fitting time.
-St. Augustine
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“Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of knowing you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.”
-John Wooden
With this definition, it doesn’t matter what industry you work in, or how much money you make. It doesn’t matter where you grew up or who you know. This says that success is all a matter of our own efforts, and how we see how we are doing. And it leaves room to say that we are “becoming” – which is great, because we are all changing, and growing, and succeeding every day, every minute!
"Problems exist only in the human mind."
Anthony de Mello
-John Wooden
With this definition, it doesn’t matter what industry you work in, or how much money you make. It doesn’t matter where you grew up or who you know. This says that success is all a matter of our own efforts, and how we see how we are doing. And it leaves room to say that we are “becoming” – which is great, because we are all changing, and growing, and succeeding every day, every minute!
"Problems exist only in the human mind."
Anthony de Mello
Salt is good; but if the salt has lost its saltness, how will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.
-Mark 9:50 (Revised Standard Version)
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The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
-William Faulkner
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Nachiketa learned from the kind of death
The whole discipline of meditation.
Freeing himself from all separateness,
He won immortality in Brahman.
So blessed is everyone who knows the Self!
OM shanti shanti shanti
-Katha Upanishad
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By His ordinance He sends down the angels with the Spirit of His divine inspiration to those among His servants that He chooses, enjoining them: "Warn humankind that there is no other God save Me. Therefore remain devoted to Me."
-Qur'an, An-Nahl, Surah 16:2
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One who seeks delight in form seeks delight in suffering. One who seeks delight in suffering, I say, is not freed from suffering.
-Buddha, "The Connected Discourses of the Buddha"
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-Mark 9:50 (Revised Standard Version)
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The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
-William Faulkner
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Nachiketa learned from the kind of death
The whole discipline of meditation.
Freeing himself from all separateness,
He won immortality in Brahman.
So blessed is everyone who knows the Self!
OM shanti shanti shanti
-Katha Upanishad
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By His ordinance He sends down the angels with the Spirit of His divine inspiration to those among His servants that He chooses, enjoining them: "Warn humankind that there is no other God save Me. Therefore remain devoted to Me."
-Qur'an, An-Nahl, Surah 16:2
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One who seeks delight in form seeks delight in suffering. One who seeks delight in suffering, I say, is not freed from suffering.
-Buddha, "The Connected Discourses of the Buddha"
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It is not how much you do, but how much Love you put into the doing that matters.
-Mother Teresa
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Yearn to understand first and to be understood second.
-Beca Lewis Allen
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When help is rendered by weighing the receiver's need
And not the donor's reward, its goodness grows greater than the sea.
-Tirukkural 103
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Wherever the delusion of your selfhood appears — there's hell. Wherever "you" aren't – that's heaven.
-Abu Sa'id in Ibn Munawwar, "Asrar at-tawhid"
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Knowledge and action are twins, each glorifying the other.
- Joseph Kimhi, "Shekel HaKodesh"
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He knows his former lives.
He sees heavens and states of woe,
has attained the ending of birth,
is a sage who has mastered full-knowing,
his mastery totally mastered:
he's what I call
a brahmin.
-Dhammapada 423, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
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-Mother Teresa
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Yearn to understand first and to be understood second.
-Beca Lewis Allen
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When help is rendered by weighing the receiver's need
And not the donor's reward, its goodness grows greater than the sea.
-Tirukkural 103
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Wherever the delusion of your selfhood appears — there's hell. Wherever "you" aren't – that's heaven.
-Abu Sa'id in Ibn Munawwar, "Asrar at-tawhid"
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Knowledge and action are twins, each glorifying the other.
- Joseph Kimhi, "Shekel HaKodesh"
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He knows his former lives.
He sees heavens and states of woe,
has attained the ending of birth,
is a sage who has mastered full-knowing,
his mastery totally mastered:
he's what I call
a brahmin.
-Dhammapada 423, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
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You’ve got to believe that God is in control of your life. It may be a tough time but you’ve got to believe that God has a reason for it and he’s going to make everything good.
-Joel Osteen
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It is better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.
-Elizabeth Kenny
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Pure of heart,
He desires nothing,
Even in despair.
He is content
In the knowledge of the Self.
With whom may I compare him?
With clear and steady insight
He knows that whatever he sees
It is by its very nature nothing.
How can he prefer one thing to another?
-Ashtavakra Gita 3:12-13
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People say: 'Muhammad has written the Qur'an himself.' In saying this they demonstrate their lack of faith. If their statement is true, let them write a similar book themselves.
-Qur'an, At-Tur, Surah 52:33-34
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Just as one is commanded to say that which will be heeded, so is one commanded not to say that which will not be heeded.
- Babylonian Talmud, Yevamot 65b
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Overcoming attachment does not mean becoming cold and indifferent. On the contrary, it means learning to have relaxed control over our mind through understanding the real causes of happiness and fulfillment, and this enables us to enjoy life more and suffer less.
-Kathleen McDonald, "How to Meditate"
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-Joel Osteen
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It is better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.
-Elizabeth Kenny
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Pure of heart,
He desires nothing,
Even in despair.
He is content
In the knowledge of the Self.
With whom may I compare him?
With clear and steady insight
He knows that whatever he sees
It is by its very nature nothing.
How can he prefer one thing to another?
-Ashtavakra Gita 3:12-13
***
People say: 'Muhammad has written the Qur'an himself.' In saying this they demonstrate their lack of faith. If their statement is true, let them write a similar book themselves.
-Qur'an, At-Tur, Surah 52:33-34
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Just as one is commanded to say that which will be heeded, so is one commanded not to say that which will not be heeded.
- Babylonian Talmud, Yevamot 65b
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Overcoming attachment does not mean becoming cold and indifferent. On the contrary, it means learning to have relaxed control over our mind through understanding the real causes of happiness and fulfillment, and this enables us to enjoy life more and suffer less.
-Kathleen McDonald, "How to Meditate"
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Sin is like quicksand: Your own efforts only make you sink deeper. Only an outside hand can pull you out.
-Unknown
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If you look at zero you see nothing; but look through it and you will see the world.
-Robert Kaplan
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Our freedom is not in being saved troubles, but is the freedom to take trouble for our own good, and make the trouble an element in our joy.
-Rabindranath Tagore
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Nature has no particular goal in view, and final causes are mere human figments.
- Spinoza, "Ethics"
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Right meditation is not escapism; it is not meant to provide hiding-places for temporary oblivion. Realistic meditation has the purpose of training the mind to face, to understand and to conquer this very world in which we live.
-Nyanaponika Thera, "Power of Minfulness"
-Unknown
***
If you look at zero you see nothing; but look through it and you will see the world.
-Robert Kaplan
***
Our freedom is not in being saved troubles, but is the freedom to take trouble for our own good, and make the trouble an element in our joy.
-Rabindranath Tagore
***
Nature has no particular goal in view, and final causes are mere human figments.
- Spinoza, "Ethics"
***
Right meditation is not escapism; it is not meant to provide hiding-places for temporary oblivion. Realistic meditation has the purpose of training the mind to face, to understand and to conquer this very world in which we live.
-Nyanaponika Thera, "Power of Minfulness"
A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
-St. Francis of Assisi (submitted by teds314)
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When a man's effort to raise high his family is unremitting,
His work will prosper of itself even if he makes no plans.
The world will surround and wish to befriend the man
Who, without wrongdoing, prospers in life to uplift loved ones.
-Tirukkural 103: 1024-1025
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I implored the sage in earnest last night
to unveil the mysteries of the universe.
He whispered softly in my ear,
"Silence!
It is something to perceive but never to say."
-Rumi, "The Life and Thought of Rumi"
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One in whom people take pleasure, God also takes pleasure; one in whom people do not take pleasure, God does not take pleasure.
- Ethics of the Fathers 3:13
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If you students of the Way wish to become Buddhas, you need study no doctrines whatever, but learn only how to avoid seeking for and attaching yourselves to anything.
-Huang Po, "Zen Teaching of Huang Po"
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-St. Francis of Assisi (submitted by teds314)
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When a man's effort to raise high his family is unremitting,
His work will prosper of itself even if he makes no plans.
The world will surround and wish to befriend the man
Who, without wrongdoing, prospers in life to uplift loved ones.
-Tirukkural 103: 1024-1025
***
I implored the sage in earnest last night
to unveil the mysteries of the universe.
He whispered softly in my ear,
"Silence!
It is something to perceive but never to say."
-Rumi, "The Life and Thought of Rumi"
***
One in whom people take pleasure, God also takes pleasure; one in whom people do not take pleasure, God does not take pleasure.
- Ethics of the Fathers 3:13
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If you students of the Way wish to become Buddhas, you need study no doctrines whatever, but learn only how to avoid seeking for and attaching yourselves to anything.
-Huang Po, "Zen Teaching of Huang Po"
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Only those who dare to fail greatly can achieve greatly.
-Robert F. Kennedy
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Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart. And try to love the questions themselves.
-Rainer Maria Rilke
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In the treasure house of blessings there is also a store of afflictions. But most lack patience and begin to lament their misfortune before all and sundry, hoping to receive succor. Do they not know that none has the power to help or harm, be they friends or enemies? In their lack of faith such persons deem mortals equal to God. Do they forget that faith in the transient will only hamper their deliverance?
-Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jillani, "Fayuz E Yazdani"
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When man completes a product, his relation to it ends; but God's power continues to permeate His creatures.
- Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, "Tanya"
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He has made his way past
this hard-going path
--samsara, delusion--
has crossed over,
has gone beyond,
is free from want,
from perplexity,
absorbed in jhana,
through no-clinging
Unbound:
he's what I call
a brahmin.
-Dhammapada, 26, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
***
From his divine power comes forth all this
Magical show of name and form, of you
And me, which casts the spell of pain and pleasure.
Only when we pierce through this magic veil
Do we see the One who appears as many.
-Shvetashvatara Upanishad
-Robert F. Kennedy
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Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart. And try to love the questions themselves.
-Rainer Maria Rilke
***
In the treasure house of blessings there is also a store of afflictions. But most lack patience and begin to lament their misfortune before all and sundry, hoping to receive succor. Do they not know that none has the power to help or harm, be they friends or enemies? In their lack of faith such persons deem mortals equal to God. Do they forget that faith in the transient will only hamper their deliverance?
-Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jillani, "Fayuz E Yazdani"
***
When man completes a product, his relation to it ends; but God's power continues to permeate His creatures.
- Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, "Tanya"
***
He has made his way past
this hard-going path
--samsara, delusion--
has crossed over,
has gone beyond,
is free from want,
from perplexity,
absorbed in jhana,
through no-clinging
Unbound:
he's what I call
a brahmin.
-Dhammapada, 26, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
***
From his divine power comes forth all this
Magical show of name and form, of you
And me, which casts the spell of pain and pleasure.
Only when we pierce through this magic veil
Do we see the One who appears as many.
-Shvetashvatara Upanishad
If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.
-Moshe Dayan
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Love is selflessness
—self is lovelessness.
-Sai Baba
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When the rabbis speak of paradise and hell...these are only metaphors for the agony of sin and the happiness of virtue.
- Kaufmann Kohler, "Jewish Theology"
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Children of Adam! Distribute your surplus wealth in the name of Allah; it will earn you more merit. Do not hold it back. You must not be remembered for miserliness, so begin with those closest to you.
-The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by Abu Umamah
***
It is not that anger and desire are inherently evil or that we should feel ashamed when they arise. It is a matter of seeing them as the delusions that they are: distorted conceptions that paint a false picture of reality. They are negative because they lead to unhappiness and confusion.
-Kathleen McDonald, "How to Meditate"
***
The value of consistent prayer is not that He will hear us, but that we will hear Him.
-William McGill
-Moshe Dayan
***
Love is selflessness
—self is lovelessness.
-Sai Baba
***
When the rabbis speak of paradise and hell...these are only metaphors for the agony of sin and the happiness of virtue.
- Kaufmann Kohler, "Jewish Theology"
***
Children of Adam! Distribute your surplus wealth in the name of Allah; it will earn you more merit. Do not hold it back. You must not be remembered for miserliness, so begin with those closest to you.
-The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by Abu Umamah
***
It is not that anger and desire are inherently evil or that we should feel ashamed when they arise. It is a matter of seeing them as the delusions that they are: distorted conceptions that paint a false picture of reality. They are negative because they lead to unhappiness and confusion.
-Kathleen McDonald, "How to Meditate"
***
The value of consistent prayer is not that He will hear us, but that we will hear Him.
-William McGill
A lot of people feel, "God loves me because he has to. But does he like me?" God actually likes you. He made you, and he’s got a beautiful purpose for your life.
-Luis Palau
***
Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.
-Mark Twain
***
Those who live in accordance with these divine laws without complaining, firmly established in faith, are released from karma. Those who violate these laws, criticizing and complaining, are utterly deluded, and are the cause of their own suffering.
-Bhagavad Gita 3:31-32
***
Among them are those who adjure, "Our Lord! Bestow upon us in this world that which is worthy and also in the hereafter that which is superlative, and save us from the doom of the Fire."
-Qur'an, Al-Baqara, Surah 2:201
***
Karma is not something complicated or philosophical. Karma means watching your body, watching your mouth, and watching your mind. Trying to keep these three doors as pure as possible is the practice of karma.
-Lama Thubten Yeshe, "The Bliss of Inner Fire"
-Luis Palau
***
Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.
-Mark Twain
***
Those who live in accordance with these divine laws without complaining, firmly established in faith, are released from karma. Those who violate these laws, criticizing and complaining, are utterly deluded, and are the cause of their own suffering.
-Bhagavad Gita 3:31-32
***
Among them are those who adjure, "Our Lord! Bestow upon us in this world that which is worthy and also in the hereafter that which is superlative, and save us from the doom of the Fire."
-Qur'an, Al-Baqara, Surah 2:201
***
Karma is not something complicated or philosophical. Karma means watching your body, watching your mouth, and watching your mind. Trying to keep these three doors as pure as possible is the practice of karma.
-Lama Thubten Yeshe, "The Bliss of Inner Fire"
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
-Matthew 5:16 (Revised Standard Version)
***
People shed whole jugs of tears for wife and children. They swim in tears for money. But who weeps for God? Cry to Him with a real cry.
-Ramakrishna
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As for those who strive for Us, We will most certainly guide them onto Our paths. Indeed Allah is with the righteous.
-The Spider 29:69
***
Who is ignorant? He who does not educate his children.
- Jonathan b. Joseph, Talmud: Sota, 22a
***
He goes to hell,
the one who asserts
what didn't take place,
as does the one
who, having done,
says, "I didn't."
Both—low-acting people—
there become equal:
after death, in the world beyond.
-Dhammapada 306, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
***
-Matthew 5:16 (Revised Standard Version)
***
People shed whole jugs of tears for wife and children. They swim in tears for money. But who weeps for God? Cry to Him with a real cry.
-Ramakrishna
***
As for those who strive for Us, We will most certainly guide them onto Our paths. Indeed Allah is with the righteous.
-The Spider 29:69
***
Who is ignorant? He who does not educate his children.
- Jonathan b. Joseph, Talmud: Sota, 22a
***
He goes to hell,
the one who asserts
what didn't take place,
as does the one
who, having done,
says, "I didn't."
Both—low-acting people—
there become equal:
after death, in the world beyond.
-Dhammapada 306, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
***
Rest. Rest. Rest in God's love. The only work you are required now to do is to give your most intense attention to His still, small voice within.
-Madame Jeanne Guyon
***
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
-Aristotle
***
Whatsoever a man has renounced,
From the sorrow born of that he has freed himself.
After a man has renounced, he enjoys the many true things in this
World. Let men desiring that renounce in time.
-Tirukkural 35:341-342
***
To exalt oneself is to claim partnership with God.
Unless you have died and become living through Him,
you are an enemy seeking to hold the power.
But when you have come to live through God,
that which you have become is in truth He:
it is no longer copartnership, but absolute Unity.
-Rumi, "Mathnawi" [IV, 2765-2767]
***
Whoever marries a woman for her money will have disreputable children.
- Babylonian Talmud, Kiddushin, 70a
***
Leave the mind in its natural, undisturbed state. Don't follow thoughts of "This is a problem, that is a problem!"
Without labeling difficulties as problems, leave your mind in its natural state. In this way, you will stop seeing miserable conditions as problems.
-Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Transforming Problems Into Happiness
***
-Madame Jeanne Guyon
***
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
-Aristotle
***
Whatsoever a man has renounced,
From the sorrow born of that he has freed himself.
After a man has renounced, he enjoys the many true things in this
World. Let men desiring that renounce in time.
-Tirukkural 35:341-342
***
To exalt oneself is to claim partnership with God.
Unless you have died and become living through Him,
you are an enemy seeking to hold the power.
But when you have come to live through God,
that which you have become is in truth He:
it is no longer copartnership, but absolute Unity.
-Rumi, "Mathnawi" [IV, 2765-2767]
***
Whoever marries a woman for her money will have disreputable children.
- Babylonian Talmud, Kiddushin, 70a
***
Leave the mind in its natural, undisturbed state. Don't follow thoughts of "This is a problem, that is a problem!"
Without labeling difficulties as problems, leave your mind in its natural state. In this way, you will stop seeing miserable conditions as problems.
-Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Transforming Problems Into Happiness
***
Joy can only be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.
-Leonard Tolstoy
***
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
-Albert Einstein
***
Only those who are pure and self-controlled can find ths world of Brahman. That world is theirs alone. In that world, in all worlds, they live in perfect freedom.
-Chandogya Upanishad
***
Blessed are those who honour God in all they do, who believe in the revelations of their Lord, and who worship only their Lord. Blessed are those who, when they give to the poor, do so with hearts filled with awe, knowing that they will soon return to their Lord. Blessed are those who vie with one another for God's blessings; they will be foremost in receiving them.
-Qur'an, Al-Mu'minun, Surah 23:57-61
***
Who is rich? One who is happy with what he has.
- Ethics of the Fathers 4:1
***
Just understand that birth-and-death is itself nirvana. There is nothing such as birth and death to be avoided; there is nothing such as nirvana to be sought. Only when you realize this are you free from birth and death.
-Dogen, "Moon in a Dewdrop"
***
-Leonard Tolstoy
***
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
-Albert Einstein
***
Only those who are pure and self-controlled can find ths world of Brahman. That world is theirs alone. In that world, in all worlds, they live in perfect freedom.
-Chandogya Upanishad
***
Blessed are those who honour God in all they do, who believe in the revelations of their Lord, and who worship only their Lord. Blessed are those who, when they give to the poor, do so with hearts filled with awe, knowing that they will soon return to their Lord. Blessed are those who vie with one another for God's blessings; they will be foremost in receiving them.
-Qur'an, Al-Mu'minun, Surah 23:57-61
***
Who is rich? One who is happy with what he has.
- Ethics of the Fathers 4:1
***
Just understand that birth-and-death is itself nirvana. There is nothing such as birth and death to be avoided; there is nothing such as nirvana to be sought. Only when you realize this are you free from birth and death.
-Dogen, "Moon in a Dewdrop"
***
Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous.
-Unknown
***
Good manners will often take people where neither money nor education will take them.
-Fanny Jackson Coppin
***
The Atman is the witness of the mind and its workings.
-Sankara
***
When temptation claims your reason,
know that misfortune is about to strike.
Fall down prostrate and begin to pray.
With flowing tears implore the Lord
that He may deliver you
from the throes of doubt.
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
***
Hear me, future disciples!
Your time will have been badly wasted if you neglect to put this teaching into practice.
What you should do is to know your own mind and realize your own buddha-nature, which neither rests nor moves, neither becomes nor ceases to be, neither comes nor goes, neither affirms nor denies, neither stays nor departs.
-The Sutra of Hui-Neng
***
-Unknown
***
Good manners will often take people where neither money nor education will take them.
-Fanny Jackson Coppin
***
The Atman is the witness of the mind and its workings.
-Sankara
***
When temptation claims your reason,
know that misfortune is about to strike.
Fall down prostrate and begin to pray.
With flowing tears implore the Lord
that He may deliver you
from the throes of doubt.
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
***
Hear me, future disciples!
Your time will have been badly wasted if you neglect to put this teaching into practice.
What you should do is to know your own mind and realize your own buddha-nature, which neither rests nor moves, neither becomes nor ceases to be, neither comes nor goes, neither affirms nor denies, neither stays nor departs.
-The Sutra of Hui-Neng
***
Not only do baptized Christians receive an angel, but every member of the human race.
-St. Thomas Aquinas
***
Often the difference between a successful marriage and a mediocre one consists of leaving about three or four things a day unsaid.
-Harlan Miller
***
The ego and the Self dwell as intimate friends in the same body, like two golden birds perched in the same tree. The ego eats the sweet and sour fruits of the tree, while the Self looks on detached. For as long as you identify with the ego, you will feel joy and sorrow. But if you know you are the Self, the Lord of Life, you will be free from suffering; the supreme source of light; the supreme source of love. You will transcend duality and live in a state of Oneness.
-Mundaka Upanishad
***
Real faith is having complete trust in God. "It is the belief in the wisdom which comes from the Unseen." Such certainty can only be attained through the knowledge that emerges with divine help.
-Al-Hujwiri, "The Kashf al-Mahjub"
***
Aid an enemy before you aid a friend, to subdue hatred.
- Tosefta: Baba Metzia
***
If we single-pointedly practice great compassion, then, with little effort, we will be able to gain all other virtues.
-Geshe Namgyal Wangchen, "Awakening the Mind"
***
-St. Thomas Aquinas
***
Often the difference between a successful marriage and a mediocre one consists of leaving about three or four things a day unsaid.
-Harlan Miller
***
The ego and the Self dwell as intimate friends in the same body, like two golden birds perched in the same tree. The ego eats the sweet and sour fruits of the tree, while the Self looks on detached. For as long as you identify with the ego, you will feel joy and sorrow. But if you know you are the Self, the Lord of Life, you will be free from suffering; the supreme source of light; the supreme source of love. You will transcend duality and live in a state of Oneness.
-Mundaka Upanishad
***
Real faith is having complete trust in God. "It is the belief in the wisdom which comes from the Unseen." Such certainty can only be attained through the knowledge that emerges with divine help.
-Al-Hujwiri, "The Kashf al-Mahjub"
***
Aid an enemy before you aid a friend, to subdue hatred.
- Tosefta: Baba Metzia
***
If we single-pointedly practice great compassion, then, with little effort, we will be able to gain all other virtues.
-Geshe Namgyal Wangchen, "Awakening the Mind"
***
The Christian message is juxtaposed between crowns and crosses…
-T.D. Jakes
***
The important thing is to learn a lesson every time you lose.
-John McEnroe
***
What good is a man's knowledge unless it prompts him to
Prevent the pain of others as if it were his own pain?
Any actions which a man knows would harm himself
He should not inflict on others.
The supreme principle is this: Never knowingly
Harm anyone at any time in any way.
-Tirukkural 32: 315-317
***
Allah tries his chosen people through many hardships, but those who persevere through adversity, surrendering themselves before the will of Allah, shall be blessed with a superb reward.
-The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by Anas bin Malik
***
Just this
is the path
--there is no other--
to purify vision.
Follow it,
and that will be Mara's
bewilderment.
Following it,
you put an end
to suffering & stress.
I have taught you this path
for knowing
the extraction of arrows.
-Dhammapada, 20, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
-T.D. Jakes
***
The important thing is to learn a lesson every time you lose.
-John McEnroe
***
What good is a man's knowledge unless it prompts him to
Prevent the pain of others as if it were his own pain?
Any actions which a man knows would harm himself
He should not inflict on others.
The supreme principle is this: Never knowingly
Harm anyone at any time in any way.
-Tirukkural 32: 315-317
***
Allah tries his chosen people through many hardships, but those who persevere through adversity, surrendering themselves before the will of Allah, shall be blessed with a superb reward.
-The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by Anas bin Malik
***
Just this
is the path
--there is no other--
to purify vision.
Follow it,
and that will be Mara's
bewilderment.
Following it,
you put an end
to suffering & stress.
I have taught you this path
for knowing
the extraction of arrows.
-Dhammapada, 20, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
If we live our lives continually motivated by anger and hatred, even our physical health deteriorates.
-His Holiness the Dalai Lama
***
Seems that God is looking more for ways to get us home than for ways to keep us out. I challenge you to find one soul who came to God seeking grace and did not find it.
-Max Lucado, "When God Whispers Your Name"
***
Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
-Voltaire
***
The world with all its wonders
Is nothing.
When you know this,
Desire melts away.
For you are awareness itself.
When you know in your heart
That there is nothing,
You are still.
-Ashtavakra Gita 11:8
***
If God lacked patience and mercy, all of you would long ago have been punished. If God lacked compassion and forgiveness, none of you would have escaped.
-Qur'an, Al-Nour, Surah 24:20-21
***
Not a handful of rain descends from above without the earth sending up two handfuls of moisture to meet it.
- Simeon b. Eleazar, Genesis Rabbah
***
-His Holiness the Dalai Lama
***
Seems that God is looking more for ways to get us home than for ways to keep us out. I challenge you to find one soul who came to God seeking grace and did not find it.
-Max Lucado, "When God Whispers Your Name"
***
Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
-Voltaire
***
The world with all its wonders
Is nothing.
When you know this,
Desire melts away.
For you are awareness itself.
When you know in your heart
That there is nothing,
You are still.
-Ashtavakra Gita 11:8
***
If God lacked patience and mercy, all of you would long ago have been punished. If God lacked compassion and forgiveness, none of you would have escaped.
-Qur'an, Al-Nour, Surah 24:20-21
***
Not a handful of rain descends from above without the earth sending up two handfuls of moisture to meet it.
- Simeon b. Eleazar, Genesis Rabbah
***
Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For every one who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
-Matthew 7:7-11 (Revised Standard Version)
***
You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.
-Leo Aikman
***
The ego and the Self dwell as intimate friends in the same body, like two golden birds perched in the same tree. The ego eats the sweet and sour fruits of the tree, while the Self looks on detached. For as long as you identify with the ego, you will feel joy and sorrow.
-Mundaka Upanishad
***
She heard a voice in her ears: 'Be careful, lest you want me to fulfill your material desires, and take away your desire for me. Material desires and the desire for me cannot exist within the same heart.'
-Attar, "Rabi'a"
***
One who learns from his companion a single chapter, a single law, a single verse, a single expression, or even a single letter, should accord him respect.
- Ethics of the Fathers, 6:3
***
If you can only rid yourselves of conceptual thought, you will have accomplished everything.
-Huang Po, "Zen Teaching of Huang Po"
From "365 Buddha: Daily Meditations," edited
***
-Matthew 7:7-11 (Revised Standard Version)
***
You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.
-Leo Aikman
***
The ego and the Self dwell as intimate friends in the same body, like two golden birds perched in the same tree. The ego eats the sweet and sour fruits of the tree, while the Self looks on detached. For as long as you identify with the ego, you will feel joy and sorrow.
-Mundaka Upanishad
***
She heard a voice in her ears: 'Be careful, lest you want me to fulfill your material desires, and take away your desire for me. Material desires and the desire for me cannot exist within the same heart.'
-Attar, "Rabi'a"
***
One who learns from his companion a single chapter, a single law, a single verse, a single expression, or even a single letter, should accord him respect.
- Ethics of the Fathers, 6:3
***
If you can only rid yourselves of conceptual thought, you will have accomplished everything.
-Huang Po, "Zen Teaching of Huang Po"
From "365 Buddha: Daily Meditations," edited
***
Our life is all waiting for us tomorrow, and we have the opportunity to grasp it and reach for it and live with hope.
-Robert Schuller
***
Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow.
-Alice Mackenzie Swaim
***
What pleasure it is to human beings everywhere
When their children possess knowledge surpassing their own!
When a mother hears her son heralded a good and learned man,
Her joy exceeds that of his joyous birth.
-Tirukkural 7:68-69
***
When we are ignorant we live in His prison;
when we become prudent we live in His palace;
when we fall asleep we become intoxicated;
when we are awakened we are in His hands.
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
***
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
- Baruch Spinoza
***
Just like a blossom,
bright colored
but scentless:
a well-spoken word
is fruitless
when not carried out.
-Dhammapada, 4, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
-Robert Schuller
***
Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow.
-Alice Mackenzie Swaim
***
What pleasure it is to human beings everywhere
When their children possess knowledge surpassing their own!
When a mother hears her son heralded a good and learned man,
Her joy exceeds that of his joyous birth.
-Tirukkural 7:68-69
***
When we are ignorant we live in His prison;
when we become prudent we live in His palace;
when we fall asleep we become intoxicated;
when we are awakened we are in His hands.
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
***
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
- Baruch Spinoza
***
Just like a blossom,
bright colored
but scentless:
a well-spoken word
is fruitless
when not carried out.
-Dhammapada, 4, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
[L]ife has many good things, but if we walk with Jesus Christ and look at God’s best, it’s a level higher than just “good.”
-Luis Palau
***
It may be that those who do most, dream most.
-Stephen Leacock
***
Remembering me at the time of death, close down the doors of the senses and place the mind in the heart. Then, while absorbed in meditation, focus all energy upwards to the head. Repeating in this state the divine Name, the syllable Om that represents the changeless Brahman, you will go forth from the body and attain the supreme goal.
-Bhagavad Gita 8:12-13
***
Lord! We heard a voice inviting us to faith, saying, "Believe in your Lord," and we believed. O Sustainer, absolve us of our sins, remit from us our evil deeds, and allow us to pass away as the devout.
-Qur'an, Al-Imran, Surah 3:193
***
People say: If you cannot pass, you must return. We say: If you cannot pass, you must pass.
- Rabbi Israel Salanter
***
In this world, in order to enable society to develop, all its members have to assume responsibilites and make their contribution. If we do not make collective contributions then there will be no development.
-His Holiness the Dalai Lama, speaking to the Tibetan National Assembly in Dharamsala, May 1989
-Luis Palau
***
It may be that those who do most, dream most.
-Stephen Leacock
***
Remembering me at the time of death, close down the doors of the senses and place the mind in the heart. Then, while absorbed in meditation, focus all energy upwards to the head. Repeating in this state the divine Name, the syllable Om that represents the changeless Brahman, you will go forth from the body and attain the supreme goal.
-Bhagavad Gita 8:12-13
***
Lord! We heard a voice inviting us to faith, saying, "Believe in your Lord," and we believed. O Sustainer, absolve us of our sins, remit from us our evil deeds, and allow us to pass away as the devout.
-Qur'an, Al-Imran, Surah 3:193
***
People say: If you cannot pass, you must return. We say: If you cannot pass, you must pass.
- Rabbi Israel Salanter
***
In this world, in order to enable society to develop, all its members have to assume responsibilites and make their contribution. If we do not make collective contributions then there will be no development.
-His Holiness the Dalai Lama, speaking to the Tibetan National Assembly in Dharamsala, May 1989
There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.
-Mother Teresa
***
Dance like no one is watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like no one is listening,
Live like it's heaven on earth.
-William Purkey
***
Intention is the core of all conscious life. It is our intentions that create karma, our intentions that help others, our intentions that lead us away from the delusions of individuality toward the immutable verities of enlightened awareness. Conscious intention colors and moves everything.
-Master Hsing Yun, "Describing the Indescribable"
What use is a melody in an unmusical song?
What use are eyes which express no kindness?
Other than a facial appearance, what do eyes
With no quality of kindness really do?
A kindly look is the ornament of the eyes.
Without kindness the eyes are two unsightly sores.
-Tirukkural 58: 573-575
***
Are you oblivious of the bounty of God who invites you to come yonder? The whole world of six directions is brimming with His bounty. Wherever you turn, His munificence is manifest.
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
***
For the sake of one true penitent, the whole world is pardoned.
- Meir. Talmud: Yoma 86b
***
-Mother Teresa
***
Dance like no one is watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like no one is listening,
Live like it's heaven on earth.
-William Purkey
***
Intention is the core of all conscious life. It is our intentions that create karma, our intentions that help others, our intentions that lead us away from the delusions of individuality toward the immutable verities of enlightened awareness. Conscious intention colors and moves everything.
-Master Hsing Yun, "Describing the Indescribable"
What use is a melody in an unmusical song?
What use are eyes which express no kindness?
Other than a facial appearance, what do eyes
With no quality of kindness really do?
A kindly look is the ornament of the eyes.
Without kindness the eyes are two unsightly sores.
-Tirukkural 58: 573-575
***
Are you oblivious of the bounty of God who invites you to come yonder? The whole world of six directions is brimming with His bounty. Wherever you turn, His munificence is manifest.
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
***
For the sake of one true penitent, the whole world is pardoned.
- Meir. Talmud: Yoma 86b
***
Whatever we leave to God, God does and blesses us.
-Henry David Thoreau, "Inspiration"
***
Whenever you fall, pick something up.
-Oswald Avery
***
The great teacher Prajapati said: "The Self
is pure, free from decay and death, free from
hunger and thirst, and free from sorrow. The
Self desires nothing that is not good, wills
nothing that is not good. Seek and realize the
Self! Those who seek and realize the Self
fulfill all their desires and attain the goal
supreme."
-Chandogya Upanishad
***
If you are destined for good fortune you will be blessed; if afflictions have been ordained, no matter where you hide they will seek you out. Submit therefore before the will of God; be grateful in well-being and endure adversity with fortitude that His light may radiate within your being.
-Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jillani, Futhul Ghaib
***
May your fear of God be as strong as your fear of men.
- Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai, Babylonian Talmud, Berhakhot 28b
***
Not up in the air,
nor in the middle of the sea,
nor going into a cleft in the mountains
—nowhere on earth—
is a spot to be found
where you could stay and not succumb
to death.
-Dhammapada 128, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
-Henry David Thoreau, "Inspiration"
***
Whenever you fall, pick something up.
-Oswald Avery
***
The great teacher Prajapati said: "The Self
is pure, free from decay and death, free from
hunger and thirst, and free from sorrow. The
Self desires nothing that is not good, wills
nothing that is not good. Seek and realize the
Self! Those who seek and realize the Self
fulfill all their desires and attain the goal
supreme."
-Chandogya Upanishad
***
If you are destined for good fortune you will be blessed; if afflictions have been ordained, no matter where you hide they will seek you out. Submit therefore before the will of God; be grateful in well-being and endure adversity with fortitude that His light may radiate within your being.
-Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jillani, Futhul Ghaib
***
May your fear of God be as strong as your fear of men.
- Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai, Babylonian Talmud, Berhakhot 28b
***
Not up in the air,
nor in the middle of the sea,
nor going into a cleft in the mountains
—nowhere on earth—
is a spot to be found
where you could stay and not succumb
to death.
-Dhammapada 128, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
God wants to be involved in our everyday life. We need to let God out of the Sunday morning box that we try to keep him in.
-Joyce Meyer
***
Age is all imagination. Ignore years and they'll ignore you.
-Ella Wheeler-Wilcox
***
What is yesterday,
Tomorrow,
Or today?
What is space,
Or eternity?
I sit in my own radiance.
What is the Self,
Or the not-Self?
What is thinking,
Or not thinking?
What is good or evil?
I sit in my own splendor.
-Ashtavakra Gita 19:3-4
***
Allah loves those who sacrifice their repose and arise in the depths of the night to glorify the word of their Lord; those who give in charity without making their identity public; and those who uphold their ranks even when their companions have been overcome.
-The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by Ahd’Allah bin Mas’ud
***
One's little miseries make one realize the more the greater miseries of others.
- Leo Stein, "Journey into the Self"
***
Learning is like a design in water,
contemplation like a design on the side of a wall,
meditation like a design in stone.
-Adept Godrakpa, "Hermit of Go Cliffs"
***
-Joyce Meyer
***
Age is all imagination. Ignore years and they'll ignore you.
-Ella Wheeler-Wilcox
***
What is yesterday,
Tomorrow,
Or today?
What is space,
Or eternity?
I sit in my own radiance.
What is the Self,
Or the not-Self?
What is thinking,
Or not thinking?
What is good or evil?
I sit in my own splendor.
-Ashtavakra Gita 19:3-4
***
Allah loves those who sacrifice their repose and arise in the depths of the night to glorify the word of their Lord; those who give in charity without making their identity public; and those who uphold their ranks even when their companions have been overcome.
-The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by Ahd’Allah bin Mas’ud
***
One's little miseries make one realize the more the greater miseries of others.
- Leo Stein, "Journey into the Self"
***
Learning is like a design in water,
contemplation like a design on the side of a wall,
meditation like a design in stone.
-Adept Godrakpa, "Hermit of Go Cliffs"
***
All who would win joy, must share it; happiness was born a twin.
-Lord Byron
***
Through lack of understanding, people believe that I, the Unmanifest, have entered into some form. They fail to realize my true nature, which transcends birth and death. Few see through the veil of maya. The world, deluded, does not know that I am without birth and changeless. I know everything about the past, the present, and the future, Arjuna; but there is no one who knows me completely.
-Bhagavad Gita 7:24-26
***
Do not strut on the earth filled with pride, for you cannot rend the earth asunder, nor can you reach the mountains in height.
-Qur'an, Al-Isra, Surah 17:37
***
The best security for old age: respect your children.
- Sholem Asch
***
Life is swept along,
next-to-nothing its span.
For one swept to old age
no shelters exist.
Perceiving this danger in death,
one should drop the world's bait
and look for peace.
-Samyutta Nikaya II, 19
***
-Lord Byron
***
Through lack of understanding, people believe that I, the Unmanifest, have entered into some form. They fail to realize my true nature, which transcends birth and death. Few see through the veil of maya. The world, deluded, does not know that I am without birth and changeless. I know everything about the past, the present, and the future, Arjuna; but there is no one who knows me completely.
-Bhagavad Gita 7:24-26
***
Do not strut on the earth filled with pride, for you cannot rend the earth asunder, nor can you reach the mountains in height.
-Qur'an, Al-Isra, Surah 17:37
***
The best security for old age: respect your children.
- Sholem Asch
***
Life is swept along,
next-to-nothing its span.
For one swept to old age
no shelters exist.
Perceiving this danger in death,
one should drop the world's bait
and look for peace.
-Samyutta Nikaya II, 19
***
Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you; for on him has God the Father set his seal.
-John 6:27 (Revised Standard Version)
***
The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind.
-Dr. Wayne Dyer
***
The Lord is the operator; we are
But his innumerable instruments.
May we, in our consciousness, realize
The bliss he alone can give us.
-Shvetashvatara Upanishad
***
Practice what you have learned, for theory without practice is like a spirit without a body. One who is content with learning alone is not learned, for the truly learned seeks more than mere words. Divine guidance entails self-mortification, without which contemplation is unattainable.
-Al-Hujwiri, "The Kashf al-Mahjub"
***
Scholars passed by a dead dog. The disciples said: "How awful its smell!" Their master said, "How white its teeth!"
- Bahya, "Hovot haLevavot"
***
Jesus’ life began in a borrowed stable and ended in a borrowed tomb.
-Alfred Plummer
-John 6:27 (Revised Standard Version)
***
The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind.
-Dr. Wayne Dyer
***
The Lord is the operator; we are
But his innumerable instruments.
May we, in our consciousness, realize
The bliss he alone can give us.
-Shvetashvatara Upanishad
***
Practice what you have learned, for theory without practice is like a spirit without a body. One who is content with learning alone is not learned, for the truly learned seeks more than mere words. Divine guidance entails self-mortification, without which contemplation is unattainable.
-Al-Hujwiri, "The Kashf al-Mahjub"
***
Scholars passed by a dead dog. The disciples said: "How awful its smell!" Their master said, "How white its teeth!"
- Bahya, "Hovot haLevavot"
***
Jesus’ life began in a borrowed stable and ended in a borrowed tomb.
-Alfred Plummer
I’ve learned that you can’t give what you’ve never received. There's no aquifer of love, there’s no distillery of faith within me, so I have to receive it.
-Max Lucado
***
It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us...Bring love into your home for this is where our love for each other must start.
-Mother Teresa
***
To trust a stranger without investigation
Invites troubles so endless even descendants must endure.
-Tirukkural 51:508
***
A basket full of bread sits on your head; yet you go from door to door begging for crusts. Attend to your own head. Knock on your heart’s door.
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
***
Better prayer without synagogue than synagogue without prayer.
- Abraham Heschel
***
Not disparaging, not injuring,
restraint in line with the Patimokkha,
moderation in food,
dwelling in seclusion,
commitment to the heightened mind:
this is the teaching
of the awakened.
-Dhammapada, 14, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
-Max Lucado
***
It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us...Bring love into your home for this is where our love for each other must start.
-Mother Teresa
***
To trust a stranger without investigation
Invites troubles so endless even descendants must endure.
-Tirukkural 51:508
***
A basket full of bread sits on your head; yet you go from door to door begging for crusts. Attend to your own head. Knock on your heart’s door.
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
***
Better prayer without synagogue than synagogue without prayer.
- Abraham Heschel
***
Not disparaging, not injuring,
restraint in line with the Patimokkha,
moderation in food,
dwelling in seclusion,
commitment to the heightened mind:
this is the teaching
of the awakened.
-Dhammapada, 14, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of our tasks; the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.
-Rainer Maria Rilke
***
When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail.
-Abraham Maslow
***
The Self is one. Ever still, the Self is
Swifter than thought, swifter than the senses.
Though motionless, he outruns all pursuit.
Without the Self, never could life exist.
-Isha Upanishad
***
I say that I am mortal, as you are. It has been revealed to me that your Lord is one God. Let all those who hope to meet their Lord, do what is right, and worship only him.
-Qu'ran, Al-Kahf, Surah 18:110
***
I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.
- Anne Frank
***
My teaching does not require anyone to become homeless or resign the world unless he wants to, but it does require everyone to free himself from the illusion that he is a permanent self and to act with integrity while giving up his craving for pleasure.
-Majjhima Nikaya
***
-Rainer Maria Rilke
***
When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail.
-Abraham Maslow
***
The Self is one. Ever still, the Self is
Swifter than thought, swifter than the senses.
Though motionless, he outruns all pursuit.
Without the Self, never could life exist.
-Isha Upanishad
***
I say that I am mortal, as you are. It has been revealed to me that your Lord is one God. Let all those who hope to meet their Lord, do what is right, and worship only him.
-Qu'ran, Al-Kahf, Surah 18:110
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I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.
- Anne Frank
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My teaching does not require anyone to become homeless or resign the world unless he wants to, but it does require everyone to free himself from the illusion that he is a permanent self and to act with integrity while giving up his craving for pleasure.
-Majjhima Nikaya
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Prayer is the most powerful means of overcoming any kind of discouragement. It connects you with an omnipotent, omniscient Father who loves you unconditionally, who sees where you are and is going to help you in it.
-Charles Stanley
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Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.
-Carol Burnett
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Realizing That from which all words turn back
And thoughts can never reach, they know
The bliss of Brahman and fear no more.
No more are they oppressed by the question,
"How did I fail to perform what is right?
And how did I perform what is not right?"
Those who realize the joy of Brahman,
Having known what is right and what is wrong,
Are delivered forever from this duality.
-Taittiriya Upanishad
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Listen, stand up in prayer during the night*,
for you are a candle,
and at night a candle stands and burns.
*Qur'an: Surah Al-Muzzamil (The Enwrapped One), 73:20
-Mathnawi [IV, 1456]
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Provoke not one of another belief.
- Asher b. Yehiel, "Hanhaga"
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General standards of human rights apply to the people of all countries because, regardless of their cultural background, all humans share an inherent yearning for freedom, equality and dignity. Democracy and respect for fundamental human rights are as important to Africans and Asians as they are to Europeans and Americans.
-His Holiness the Dalai Lama, "Harvard International Review," 1995
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-Charles Stanley
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Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.
-Carol Burnett
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Realizing That from which all words turn back
And thoughts can never reach, they know
The bliss of Brahman and fear no more.
No more are they oppressed by the question,
"How did I fail to perform what is right?
And how did I perform what is not right?"
Those who realize the joy of Brahman,
Having known what is right and what is wrong,
Are delivered forever from this duality.
-Taittiriya Upanishad
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Listen, stand up in prayer during the night*,
for you are a candle,
and at night a candle stands and burns.
*Qur'an: Surah Al-Muzzamil (The Enwrapped One), 73:20
-Mathnawi [IV, 1456]
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Provoke not one of another belief.
- Asher b. Yehiel, "Hanhaga"
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General standards of human rights apply to the people of all countries because, regardless of their cultural background, all humans share an inherent yearning for freedom, equality and dignity. Democracy and respect for fundamental human rights are as important to Africans and Asians as they are to Europeans and Americans.
-His Holiness the Dalai Lama, "Harvard International Review," 1995
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