Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.
-John 20:22-23 (Revised Standard Version)
***
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
-Ann Landers
***
When the mind is detached from the senses
One reaches the summit of consciousness.
Mastery of the mind leads to wisdom.
Practice meditation. Stop all vain talk.
The highest state is beyond reach of thought,
For it lies beyond all duality.
Keep repeating the ancient mantram OM
Until it reverberates in your heart.
-Amritabindu Upanishad
***
A certain man was renowned for his virtue. The king asked him, 'How do you spend your time?' The man replied, 'I spend the nights praying, and I spend the days laboring. I try to regulate my family’s expenses, so I can spend as little time as possible laboring, and as much time as possible praying.' The king gave the man enough money to support himself and his family, so that he could pray during the day as well as the night.
-Sadi, “Gulistan”
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The righteous among the nations of the world will have a share in the World-to-Come.
- Tosefta Sanhedrin 13:2
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To study the buddha way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be actualized by myriad things. When actualized by myriad things, your body and mind as well as the bodies and minds of others drop away. No trace of realization remains, and this no-trace continues endlessly.
-Dogen, "Actualizing the Fundamental Point"
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Quote
Silence is the sea, and speech is like the river.
The sea is seeking you: don't seek the river.
Don't turn your head away from the signs offered by the sea.
-Mathnawi [IV, 2062-2063]
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The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake, an almost fanatical love of justice, and the desire for personal independence, these are the features of the Jewish tradition which make me thank my lucky stars I belong to it.
- Albert Einstein
***
They, the enlightened, intent on jhana,
delighting in stilling
& renunciation,
self-awakened & mindful:
even the devas
view them with envy.
-Dhammapada, 14, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
I come strong. I receive your Lordship. You’re protecting me. Anything happens, it filters through you first and I receive your love because I can never outlive your love.
-Max Lucado
***
Who is that Self?
The Self, pure awareness, shines as the light
within the heart, surrounded by the senses.
Only seeming to think, seeming to move, the
Self neither sleeps nor wakes nor dreams.
When the Self takes on a body, he seems to
Assume the body's frailties and limitations;
But when he sheds the body at the time of
Death, the Self leaves all these behind.
-Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
***
The sea is seeking you: don't seek the river.
Don't turn your head away from the signs offered by the sea.
-Mathnawi [IV, 2062-2063]
***
The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake, an almost fanatical love of justice, and the desire for personal independence, these are the features of the Jewish tradition which make me thank my lucky stars I belong to it.
- Albert Einstein
***
They, the enlightened, intent on jhana,
delighting in stilling
& renunciation,
self-awakened & mindful:
even the devas
view them with envy.
-Dhammapada, 14, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
I come strong. I receive your Lordship. You’re protecting me. Anything happens, it filters through you first and I receive your love because I can never outlive your love.
-Max Lucado
***
Who is that Self?
The Self, pure awareness, shines as the light
within the heart, surrounded by the senses.
Only seeming to think, seeming to move, the
Self neither sleeps nor wakes nor dreams.
When the Self takes on a body, he seems to
Assume the body's frailties and limitations;
But when he sheds the body at the time of
Death, the Self leaves all these behind.
-Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
***
To have prevented one single sin is reward enough for the labors and efforts of a whole lifetime.
-St. Ignatius of Loyola
***
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom to know the difference.
-Reinhold Niebuhr
***
When you have seen God
You meditate on Him,
Saying to yourself, "I am He."
But when you are without thought
And you understand there is only one,
Without a second,
On whom can you meditate?
-Ashtavakra Gita 18:16
***
To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.
- Simone Weil, "The Need for Roots"
***
He raised up the sky, and set all things in balance; he commanded you not to upset that balance, but to respect it. He laid out the earth for all creatures; and he planted upon it trees that bear blossom and fruit, husks that carry grain, and herbs that emit a fragrance. Which of the Lord's blessing would you deny? He created human beings from dry clay, as a potter creates pots; and he created spirites from the flames of fire. Which of the Lord's blessings would you deny?
-Qur'an, Ar-Rahman, Surah 55:7-16
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To my mind, democracy is more compassionate, more harmonious, more friendly than any other system. It respects others' rights and considers others equally as human brothers and sisters. Although you might disagree with them, you have to respect their wishes.
-His Holiness the Dalai Lama
***
-St. Ignatius of Loyola
***
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom to know the difference.
-Reinhold Niebuhr
***
When you have seen God
You meditate on Him,
Saying to yourself, "I am He."
But when you are without thought
And you understand there is only one,
Without a second,
On whom can you meditate?
-Ashtavakra Gita 18:16
***
To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.
- Simone Weil, "The Need for Roots"
***
He raised up the sky, and set all things in balance; he commanded you not to upset that balance, but to respect it. He laid out the earth for all creatures; and he planted upon it trees that bear blossom and fruit, husks that carry grain, and herbs that emit a fragrance. Which of the Lord's blessing would you deny? He created human beings from dry clay, as a potter creates pots; and he created spirites from the flames of fire. Which of the Lord's blessings would you deny?
-Qur'an, Ar-Rahman, Surah 55:7-16
***
To my mind, democracy is more compassionate, more harmonious, more friendly than any other system. It respects others' rights and considers others equally as human brothers and sisters. Although you might disagree with them, you have to respect their wishes.
-His Holiness the Dalai Lama
***
As God has made the Qibla* manifest, abandon your search. Hark, turn away from all futile search, now that the House has come to view. If you forget this Qibla for one moment, you will be overcome by the Qibla of desires.
*Qibla: The point toward which Muslims turn to pray, especially the Ka’ba, or House of God, at Mecca.
-Rumi, “Mathnawi,” 6:2626-28
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To maintain our soul in a state of peace, it suffices to perform all our actions in God's presence.
-St. Francis de Sales
***
You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.
-Robin Williams
***
When you make your mind one-pointed through regular practice of meditation, you will find the supreme glory of the Lord.
-Bhagavad Gita 8:8
***
We can judge a man faithful or unfaithful only by his works.
- Baruch Spinoza, "Theologico-Political Treatise"
***
There are some who wish to perfect themselves and who train themselves in this way: "One single self we shall tame, one single self we shall pacify, one single self we shall lead to final nirvana." But those with compassion should not train themselves in such a way. On the contrary, they should say this: "My own self I will place into Suchness, and so that all the world may be helped, I will place all beings into Suchness, and I will lead to nirvana the whole immeasurable world of beings."
-Diamond Sutra
*Qibla: The point toward which Muslims turn to pray, especially the Ka’ba, or House of God, at Mecca.
-Rumi, “Mathnawi,” 6:2626-28
***
To maintain our soul in a state of peace, it suffices to perform all our actions in God's presence.
-St. Francis de Sales
***
You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.
-Robin Williams
***
When you make your mind one-pointed through regular practice of meditation, you will find the supreme glory of the Lord.
-Bhagavad Gita 8:8
***
We can judge a man faithful or unfaithful only by his works.
- Baruch Spinoza, "Theologico-Political Treatise"
***
There are some who wish to perfect themselves and who train themselves in this way: "One single self we shall tame, one single self we shall pacify, one single self we shall lead to final nirvana." But those with compassion should not train themselves in such a way. On the contrary, they should say this: "My own self I will place into Suchness, and so that all the world may be helped, I will place all beings into Suchness, and I will lead to nirvana the whole immeasurable world of beings."
-Diamond Sutra
A Christian is someone who shares the sufferings of God in the world.
-Dietrich Bonhoeffer
***
I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous.
-Ani DiFranco
***
The eradication of the craving for personal separateness is Liberation.
-Sankara
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The ideal of man is to be a revelation himself, clearly to recognize himself as a manifestation of God.
- Baal Shem Tov
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Do not strut proudly on account of your good deeds. Do not let pride waylay you. When you deem yourself holier than others, know that you have fallen into grave error because in your pride you believed yourself equal to God.
-Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jillani, "Futhul Ghaib"
***
-Dietrich Bonhoeffer
***
I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous.
-Ani DiFranco
***
The eradication of the craving for personal separateness is Liberation.
-Sankara
***
The ideal of man is to be a revelation himself, clearly to recognize himself as a manifestation of God.
- Baal Shem Tov
***
Do not strut proudly on account of your good deeds. Do not let pride waylay you. When you deem yourself holier than others, know that you have fallen into grave error because in your pride you believed yourself equal to God.
-Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jillani, "Futhul Ghaib"
***
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
***
Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.
-Pamela Vault Starr
***
Worthless are those who injure others vengefully,
While those who stoically endure are like stored gold.
The gratification of the vengeful lasts only for a day,
But the glory of the forbearing lasts until the end of time.
Though unjustly aggrieved, it is best to suffer the suffering
And refrain from unrighteous retaliation.
-Tirukkural 16: 155-157
***
The Jewish nation is distinguished by three characteristics: they are merciful, they are modest, and they perform acts of loving-kindness.
- Babylonian Talmud, Yevamot 79a
***
Blessed are the ones who rely on Allah and have surrendered themselves before His will, who are grateful in prosperity and patient in adversity.
-The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by Shu'aib bin Se'nam
***
Having left behind
the human bond,
having made his way past
the divine,
from all bonds unshackled:
he's what I call
a brahmin.
Having left behind
delight & displeasure,
cooled, with no acquisitions--
a hero who has conquered
all the world,
every world:
he's what I call a brahmin.
-Dhammapada, 26, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
***
-Charles Stanley
***
Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.
-Pamela Vault Starr
***
Worthless are those who injure others vengefully,
While those who stoically endure are like stored gold.
The gratification of the vengeful lasts only for a day,
But the glory of the forbearing lasts until the end of time.
Though unjustly aggrieved, it is best to suffer the suffering
And refrain from unrighteous retaliation.
-Tirukkural 16: 155-157
***
The Jewish nation is distinguished by three characteristics: they are merciful, they are modest, and they perform acts of loving-kindness.
- Babylonian Talmud, Yevamot 79a
***
Blessed are the ones who rely on Allah and have surrendered themselves before His will, who are grateful in prosperity and patient in adversity.
-The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by Shu'aib bin Se'nam
***
Having left behind
the human bond,
having made his way past
the divine,
from all bonds unshackled:
he's what I call
a brahmin.
Having left behind
delight & displeasure,
cooled, with no acquisitions--
a hero who has conquered
all the world,
every world:
he's what I call a brahmin.
-Dhammapada, 26, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
***
Let the crucifix be not only in my eyes and on my breast, but in my heart.
-St. Bernadette
***
The supreme Self is unborn and undying.
-Atma Upanishad
***
The study of Torah is not simply a didactic act...It is a powerful experience involving the closeness of many generations, the joining of spirit to spirit and the connection of soul to soul.
- Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik
***
Establish worship, give alms, and bow your heads with those who bow down in worship.
-Qur'an, Al-Baqara, Surah 2:43
***
Monks, in giving a meal, a giver gives five things to an almsman. What five?
He gives life, beauty, ease, strength and wit; but in giving these he becomes a partaker in each quality, in heaven and among men.
-Anguttara Nikaya
***
-St. Bernadette
***
The supreme Self is unborn and undying.
-Atma Upanishad
***
The study of Torah is not simply a didactic act...It is a powerful experience involving the closeness of many generations, the joining of spirit to spirit and the connection of soul to soul.
- Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik
***
Establish worship, give alms, and bow your heads with those who bow down in worship.
-Qur'an, Al-Baqara, Surah 2:43
***
Monks, in giving a meal, a giver gives five things to an almsman. What five?
He gives life, beauty, ease, strength and wit; but in giving these he becomes a partaker in each quality, in heaven and among men.
-Anguttara Nikaya
***
Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.
-Luke 9:60 (Revised Standard Version)
***
Friendship is a promise of future loyalty, loyalty no matter what comes. Promises are the bricks of life and trust is the mortar.
-Stephen Carter, "The Emperor of Ocean Park" (submitted by rosaliekg)
***
You are the endless sea
In whom all the worlds like waves
Naturally rise and fall.
You have nothing to win,
Nothing to lose.
Child,
You are pure awareness,
Nothing less.
You and the world are one.
So who are you to think
You can hold on to it,
Or let it go?
How could you!
-Ashtavakra Gita 15: 11-12
***
The world endures because of three activities: Torah study, worship of God, and deeds of loving-kindness.
- Ethics of the Fathers 1:2
***
I once saw a Christian monk gaunt through self-sacrifice and doubled over by the fear of God. I asked him to show me the path of God. He replied, "If you knew God you would know the way to Him. I worship Him although I do not know Him; you disobey Him though you know Him. With knowledge comes fear, yet you are self-assured; with heresy ignorance, yet I feel fear within me." His words moved me so deeply that since then I have refrained from wrongdoing.
-Abd'Allah bin Mubarak al-Marwazi, "The Kashf al-Mahjub"
***
Monks, there are these three elements of escape. What three?
This escape from lusts which is renunciation; this escape from forms which is the formless existence; and this escape from whatsoever has become, is compounded, has arisen by the law of causation, which is making to cease. These are the three elements of escape.
-Itivuttaka
***
-Luke 9:60 (Revised Standard Version)
***
Friendship is a promise of future loyalty, loyalty no matter what comes. Promises are the bricks of life and trust is the mortar.
-Stephen Carter, "The Emperor of Ocean Park" (submitted by rosaliekg)
***
You are the endless sea
In whom all the worlds like waves
Naturally rise and fall.
You have nothing to win,
Nothing to lose.
Child,
You are pure awareness,
Nothing less.
You and the world are one.
So who are you to think
You can hold on to it,
Or let it go?
How could you!
-Ashtavakra Gita 15: 11-12
***
The world endures because of three activities: Torah study, worship of God, and deeds of loving-kindness.
- Ethics of the Fathers 1:2
***
I once saw a Christian monk gaunt through self-sacrifice and doubled over by the fear of God. I asked him to show me the path of God. He replied, "If you knew God you would know the way to Him. I worship Him although I do not know Him; you disobey Him though you know Him. With knowledge comes fear, yet you are self-assured; with heresy ignorance, yet I feel fear within me." His words moved me so deeply that since then I have refrained from wrongdoing.
-Abd'Allah bin Mubarak al-Marwazi, "The Kashf al-Mahjub"
***
Monks, there are these three elements of escape. What three?
This escape from lusts which is renunciation; this escape from forms which is the formless existence; and this escape from whatsoever has become, is compounded, has arisen by the law of causation, which is making to cease. These are the three elements of escape.
-Itivuttaka
***
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
-Harriet Beecher Stowe
***
The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.
-Hadia Bejar
***
The supreme truth is established by total silence, not logical discussion and argument. He alone sees the truth who sees the universe without the intervention of the mind, and therefore without the notion of a universe.
-Maharamayana
***
Thou hast created me not from necessity but from grace.
- Solomon Ibn Gabirol, Spanish-Jewish philosopher and poet c.1021-1058
***
"Unless You give no one gives.
O Creator, unlock the gates of your bounty."
He turned his face to heaven and said,
"No one knows my devotion save You.
You put that prayer into my heart.
You raised a hundred hopes."
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
***
Irrigators regulate the waters; arrow-makers straighten arrow shafts; carpenters shape wood; and the good control themselves.
-Dhammapada 145
***
-Harriet Beecher Stowe
***
The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.
-Hadia Bejar
***
The supreme truth is established by total silence, not logical discussion and argument. He alone sees the truth who sees the universe without the intervention of the mind, and therefore without the notion of a universe.
-Maharamayana
***
Thou hast created me not from necessity but from grace.
- Solomon Ibn Gabirol, Spanish-Jewish philosopher and poet c.1021-1058
***
"Unless You give no one gives.
O Creator, unlock the gates of your bounty."
He turned his face to heaven and said,
"No one knows my devotion save You.
You put that prayer into my heart.
You raised a hundred hopes."
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
***
Irrigators regulate the waters; arrow-makers straighten arrow shafts; carpenters shape wood; and the good control themselves.
-Dhammapada 145
***
Being a Christian is like being a pumpkin. God lifts you up, takes you in, and washes all the dirt off of you...Then He carves you a new smiling face and puts His light inside you to shine for all the world to see.
-Unknown
***
One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few.
-Anne Morrow Lindbergh
***
The study of the Vedas, linguistics,
Rituals, astronomy and all the arts
Can be called lower knowledge. The higher
Is that which leads to Self-realization.
The eye cannot see it; mind cannot grasp it.
The deathless Self has neither caste nor race,
Neither eyes not ears nor hands nor feet.
Sages say this Self is infinite in the great
And in the small, everlasting and changeless,
The source of life.
-Mundaka Upanishad
***
The spiritual perfection of man consists in his becoming an intelligent being--one who knows all that he is capable of learning.
- Maimonides
***
God reigns supreme over his servants. He sends guardians to watch over you, and to carry away your soul at the moment of death; these guardians never fail at their task. At death all people are restored to God, their true Lord. Judgment belongs to him, and he is swift in making it.
-Qur'an, Al-An'am, Surah 6:60-62
***
Monks, this committed life is not lived in order to deceive people, or to convert them. It is not lived for the sake of gain or honor or reputation or financial profit. There is no idea of "let me draw people's attention to me by being a this or a that." No, monks, this committed life is lived for the sake of seeing into things and understanding them.
-Itivuttaka Sutta
***
-Unknown
***
One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few.
-Anne Morrow Lindbergh
***
The study of the Vedas, linguistics,
Rituals, astronomy and all the arts
Can be called lower knowledge. The higher
Is that which leads to Self-realization.
The eye cannot see it; mind cannot grasp it.
The deathless Self has neither caste nor race,
Neither eyes not ears nor hands nor feet.
Sages say this Self is infinite in the great
And in the small, everlasting and changeless,
The source of life.
-Mundaka Upanishad
***
The spiritual perfection of man consists in his becoming an intelligent being--one who knows all that he is capable of learning.
- Maimonides
***
God reigns supreme over his servants. He sends guardians to watch over you, and to carry away your soul at the moment of death; these guardians never fail at their task. At death all people are restored to God, their true Lord. Judgment belongs to him, and he is swift in making it.
-Qur'an, Al-An'am, Surah 6:60-62
***
Monks, this committed life is not lived in order to deceive people, or to convert them. It is not lived for the sake of gain or honor or reputation or financial profit. There is no idea of "let me draw people's attention to me by being a this or a that." No, monks, this committed life is lived for the sake of seeing into things and understanding them.
-Itivuttaka Sutta
***
When we are at peace, we find the freedom to be most fully who we are, even in the worst of times…We empty ourselves so that God may more fully work within us.
-Joseph Cardinal Benardin
***
Don't try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night.
-Philip K. Dick
***
Remember the whole thing is just a play and the Lord has assigned you a part. Act your part well; there all your duty ends. He has designed the play and he enjoys it.
-Sai Baba
***
To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
- Proverbs 21:3
***
In the name of God,
Most gracious most merciful;
Praise be to God,
The cherisher and sustainer of the worlds;
Most gracious, most merciful;
Master of the day of judgment.
Thee do we worship, and Thine aid we seek.
-Sura Fateha (1:1-5)
***
Happy is he who lives contented in solitude, is well-versed in the Doctrine and who has realized it. Happy is he who lives in this world free from ill-will, and is benevolent towards all beings. Happy is he who lives in this world free from passion, has overcome sensual enjoyment, and who has attained mastership over the conceit of "I am." This indeed is the highest happiness.
-Udana 2.1
***
-Joseph Cardinal Benardin
***
Don't try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night.
-Philip K. Dick
***
Remember the whole thing is just a play and the Lord has assigned you a part. Act your part well; there all your duty ends. He has designed the play and he enjoys it.
-Sai Baba
***
To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
- Proverbs 21:3
***
In the name of God,
Most gracious most merciful;
Praise be to God,
The cherisher and sustainer of the worlds;
Most gracious, most merciful;
Master of the day of judgment.
Thee do we worship, and Thine aid we seek.
-Sura Fateha (1:1-5)
***
Happy is he who lives contented in solitude, is well-versed in the Doctrine and who has realized it. Happy is he who lives in this world free from ill-will, and is benevolent towards all beings. Happy is he who lives in this world free from passion, has overcome sensual enjoyment, and who has attained mastership over the conceit of "I am." This indeed is the highest happiness.
-Udana 2.1
***
Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt.
-Motto of the Special Olympics
***
The Self seems to move, but is ever still.
He seems far away, but is ever near.
He is within all, and he transcends all.
-Isha Upanishad
***
A heart without affection is like a purse without money.
- Benjamin Mandelstamm, Russian Jewish writer and Hebraist
***
One should not strike a brahmin,
nor should the brahmin let loose with his anger.
Shame on the brahmin's killer.
More shame on the brahmin.
whose anger's let loose.
-Dhammapada 389, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
***
-Motto of the Special Olympics
***
The Self seems to move, but is ever still.
He seems far away, but is ever near.
He is within all, and he transcends all.
-Isha Upanishad
***
A heart without affection is like a purse without money.
- Benjamin Mandelstamm, Russian Jewish writer and Hebraist
***
One should not strike a brahmin,
nor should the brahmin let loose with his anger.
Shame on the brahmin's killer.
More shame on the brahmin.
whose anger's let loose.
-Dhammapada 389, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
***
Prayer is the spirit speaking truth to Truth.
-Philip James Bailey
***
Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful.
-Annette Funicello (submitted by reginawags)
***
In your striving, be mindful to preserve good conduct.
In your deliberations, discover it is your staunchest ally.
-Tirukkural 14:132
***
Allah is compassionate and loves compassion in all things.
-The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by A'ishah bint Abu Bakr
***
Happy is one who knows samsara and nirvana are not two.
-Milarepa, "Drinking the Mountain Stream"
***
-Philip James Bailey
***
Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful.
-Annette Funicello (submitted by reginawags)
***
In your striving, be mindful to preserve good conduct.
In your deliberations, discover it is your staunchest ally.
-Tirukkural 14:132
***
Allah is compassionate and loves compassion in all things.
-The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by A'ishah bint Abu Bakr
***
Happy is one who knows samsara and nirvana are not two.
-Milarepa, "Drinking the Mountain Stream"
***
Religions are different roads converging on the same point. What does it matter that we take different roads so long as we reach the same goal? I believe that all religions of the world are true more or less. I say "more or less" because I believe that everything the human hand touches, by reason of the very fact that human beings are imperfect, becomes imperfect.
-Mahatma Gandhi
***
Revelation is the silent, imperceptible manifestation of God in history. It is the still, small voice: it is the inevitableness, the regularity of nature.
- Herbert Loewe, "Rabbinic Anthology," 1938
***
I swear by the morning star that I, your compatriot, am not in error; nor am I deceived. My words are not based on my own speculations; they are inspired by divine revelation. I am taught by the angel Gabriel, who is powerful and strong.
-Qur'an, An-Najm, Surah 53:1-5
***
No matter how bad a state of mind you may get into, if you keep strong and hold out, eventually the floating clouds must vanish and the withering wind must cease.
-Dogen
***
If you will stand firm and grow as you ought, esteem yourself as a pilgrim and stranger upon the earth.
-Thomas à Kempis
***
The best portion of a good man's life: his little, nameless unremembered acts of kindness and love.
-William Wordsworth
***
Perfection, in a Christian sense, means becoming mature enough to give ourselves to others.
-Kathleen Norris
-Mahatma Gandhi
***
Revelation is the silent, imperceptible manifestation of God in history. It is the still, small voice: it is the inevitableness, the regularity of nature.
- Herbert Loewe, "Rabbinic Anthology," 1938
***
I swear by the morning star that I, your compatriot, am not in error; nor am I deceived. My words are not based on my own speculations; they are inspired by divine revelation. I am taught by the angel Gabriel, who is powerful and strong.
-Qur'an, An-Najm, Surah 53:1-5
***
No matter how bad a state of mind you may get into, if you keep strong and hold out, eventually the floating clouds must vanish and the withering wind must cease.
-Dogen
***
If you will stand firm and grow as you ought, esteem yourself as a pilgrim and stranger upon the earth.
-Thomas à Kempis
***
The best portion of a good man's life: his little, nameless unremembered acts of kindness and love.
-William Wordsworth
***
Perfection, in a Christian sense, means becoming mature enough to give ourselves to others.
-Kathleen Norris
Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit.
-Matthew 12:33 (Revised Standard Version)
***
The deluded do not see the Self when it leaves the body or when it dwells within it. They do not see the Self enjoying sense objects or acting through the gunas. But they who have the eye of wisdom see.
-Bhagavad Gita 15:10
***
Say little but do much.
- Ethics of the Fathers 1:15
***
No denser veil than pretension exists between God and the devotee. There is no closer way to God than spiritual impoverishment before Him.
-Tustari in ‘Attar: “Tadhkirat”
***
In becoming an enlightened being, this does not destroy the living being, or take it away, or lose it; nevertheless, it does mean having shed it.
-Dogen, "Rational Zen"
-Matthew 12:33 (Revised Standard Version)
***
The deluded do not see the Self when it leaves the body or when it dwells within it. They do not see the Self enjoying sense objects or acting through the gunas. But they who have the eye of wisdom see.
-Bhagavad Gita 15:10
***
Say little but do much.
- Ethics of the Fathers 1:15
***
No denser veil than pretension exists between God and the devotee. There is no closer way to God than spiritual impoverishment before Him.
-Tustari in ‘Attar: “Tadhkirat”
***
In becoming an enlightened being, this does not destroy the living being, or take it away, or lose it; nevertheless, it does mean having shed it.
-Dogen, "Rational Zen"
Feel for others--in your pocket.
-Charles Spurgeon
***
It was her thinking of others that made you think of her.
-Elizabeth Barrett Browning
***
When all the desires that surge in the heart
Are renounced, the mortal becomes
Immortal.
When all the knots that strangle the heart
Are loosened, the mortal becomes immortal,
Here in this very life.
-Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
***
Stop talking!
What a shame you have no familiarity
with inner silence!
Polish your heart for a day or two:
make that mirror your book of contemplation.
-Mathnawi [VI, 1286-1287]
***
The test of good manners: to bear patiently with bad ones.
- Ibn Gabirol
***
Nothing's better for the brahmin
than when the mind is held back
from what is endearing and not.
However his harmful-heartedness wears away,
that's how stress
simply comes to rest.
-Dhammapada, 390, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
***
-Charles Spurgeon
***
It was her thinking of others that made you think of her.
-Elizabeth Barrett Browning
***
When all the desires that surge in the heart
Are renounced, the mortal becomes
Immortal.
When all the knots that strangle the heart
Are loosened, the mortal becomes immortal,
Here in this very life.
-Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
***
Stop talking!
What a shame you have no familiarity
with inner silence!
Polish your heart for a day or two:
make that mirror your book of contemplation.
-Mathnawi [VI, 1286-1287]
***
The test of good manners: to bear patiently with bad ones.
- Ibn Gabirol
***
Nothing's better for the brahmin
than when the mind is held back
from what is endearing and not.
However his harmful-heartedness wears away,
that's how stress
simply comes to rest.
-Dhammapada, 390, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
***
If God can bring blessing from the broken body of Jesus and glory from something that's as obscene as the cross, He can bring blessing from my problems and my pain and my unanswered prayer. I just have to trust Him.
-Anne Graham Lotz
***
You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out he hates all the same people you do.
-Anne Lamott
***
In truth have We revealed the Qur'an, and with truth has it come down to you. We chose you only to be the herald of glad tidings and also to give warning. Therefore We revealed the Qur'an gradually that you may recite it to humankind in stages. Thus We disclosed it in sequential revelation.
-Qur'an, Al-Isra, Surah 17:105-6
***
Having slain anger, one sleeps soundly;
Having slain anger, one does not sorrow;
The killing of anger,
With its poisoned root and honeyed tip:
This is the killing the noble ones praise,
For having slain that, one does not sorrow.
-Buddha, "The Connected Discourses of the Buddha"
***
-Anne Graham Lotz
***
You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out he hates all the same people you do.
-Anne Lamott
***
In truth have We revealed the Qur'an, and with truth has it come down to you. We chose you only to be the herald of glad tidings and also to give warning. Therefore We revealed the Qur'an gradually that you may recite it to humankind in stages. Thus We disclosed it in sequential revelation.
-Qur'an, Al-Isra, Surah 17:105-6
***
Having slain anger, one sleeps soundly;
Having slain anger, one does not sorrow;
The killing of anger,
With its poisoned root and honeyed tip:
This is the killing the noble ones praise,
For having slain that, one does not sorrow.
-Buddha, "The Connected Discourses of the Buddha"
***
The answer to suffering will always be an experience of grace and love.
-Monsignor Lorenzo Albacete
***
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up.
-Vince Lombardi
***
This awakening you have known comes not
Through logic and scholarship, but from
Close association with a realized teacher.
Wise are you, Nachiketa, because you seek
The Self eternal. May we have more
Seekers like you!
-Katha Upanishad
***
His revelation is continuous. New aspects of the Torah unfold constantly. The more we study it, the more it expands.
- Judah Arieh, "Sefat Emet"
***
Behold the words of the Qur'an:
"We are closer to you than you are yourself."
Comprehend your relationship with God!
He is closer to us than our own selves.
Yet through ignorance we search for Him
Wandering from door to door.
-Sufi poem
***
If he recites next to nothing
but follows the Dhamma
in line with the Dhamma;
abandoning passion,
aversion, delusion;
alert,
his mind well-released,
not clinging
either here or hereafter:
he has his share in the contemplative life.
-Dhammapada 19-20, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
***
God is so big He can cover the whole world with his Love and so small He can curl up inside your heart.
-June Masters Bacher
***
If God brings you to it, God will bring you through it.
-Robert Schuller (submitted by Mstaff01)
-Monsignor Lorenzo Albacete
***
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up.
-Vince Lombardi
***
This awakening you have known comes not
Through logic and scholarship, but from
Close association with a realized teacher.
Wise are you, Nachiketa, because you seek
The Self eternal. May we have more
Seekers like you!
-Katha Upanishad
***
His revelation is continuous. New aspects of the Torah unfold constantly. The more we study it, the more it expands.
- Judah Arieh, "Sefat Emet"
***
Behold the words of the Qur'an:
"We are closer to you than you are yourself."
Comprehend your relationship with God!
He is closer to us than our own selves.
Yet through ignorance we search for Him
Wandering from door to door.
-Sufi poem
***
If he recites next to nothing
but follows the Dhamma
in line with the Dhamma;
abandoning passion,
aversion, delusion;
alert,
his mind well-released,
not clinging
either here or hereafter:
he has his share in the contemplative life.
-Dhammapada 19-20, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
***
God is so big He can cover the whole world with his Love and so small He can curl up inside your heart.
-June Masters Bacher
***
If God brings you to it, God will bring you through it.
-Robert Schuller (submitted by Mstaff01)
Faith is the first grace and the source of all the others.
-Pope St. Clement XI
***
The purpose of life is not to be happy. The purpose of life is to matter, to be productive, to have it make some difference that you lived at all.
-Arthur H. Prince
***
There is no one here
except the Lord of Love.
Only He exists.
In truth, He alone is.
-Mundaka Upanishad
***
Read the Qur'an as long as you are attentive, but when you feel your attention slip, put the Book away.
-The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by Jundub bin Adb'Allah
***
Most people fail to see this reality, for they are attached to what they cling to, to pleasures and delights. Since all the world is so attached to material things, it's very difficult for people to grasp how everything originates in conditions and causes. It's a hard job for them to see the meaning of the fact that everything, including ourselves, depends on everything else and has no permanent self-existence.
-Majjhima Nikaya
***
-Pope St. Clement XI
***
The purpose of life is not to be happy. The purpose of life is to matter, to be productive, to have it make some difference that you lived at all.
-Arthur H. Prince
***
There is no one here
except the Lord of Love.
Only He exists.
In truth, He alone is.
-Mundaka Upanishad
***
Read the Qur'an as long as you are attentive, but when you feel your attention slip, put the Book away.
-The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by Jundub bin Adb'Allah
***
Most people fail to see this reality, for they are attached to what they cling to, to pleasures and delights. Since all the world is so attached to material things, it's very difficult for people to grasp how everything originates in conditions and causes. It's a hard job for them to see the meaning of the fact that everything, including ourselves, depends on everything else and has no permanent self-existence.
-Majjhima Nikaya
***
I live with the understanding that truth is bigger than any religion and the world is God’s and everything in it...
-Rob Bell
***
Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.
-Thomas Jefferson
***
Those who realize the Self enter into the peace that brings complete self-control and perfect patience. They see themselves in everyone and everyone in themselves. Evil cannot overcome them because they overcome all evil. Sin cannot consume them because they consume all sin. Free from evil, free from sin and doubt, they live in the kingdom of Brahman. Your majesty, this kingdom is yours!
-Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
***
Believers, do not raise your voices above my voice, the voice of the prophet. Do not shout at me, as you often shout at one another. If you raise your voices and shout, you will not hear the truth, and so your labours will come to nothing. Those who speak softly in the presence of God's apostle, and those whom God has made pious, will be forgiven their sins, and they will receive a rich reward.
-Qur'an, Al-Hujurat, Surah 49:2-3
***
That which you see and hear, you cannot help; but that which you say depends on you alone.
- Zohar
***
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"
-Rob Bell
***
Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.
-Thomas Jefferson
***
Those who realize the Self enter into the peace that brings complete self-control and perfect patience. They see themselves in everyone and everyone in themselves. Evil cannot overcome them because they overcome all evil. Sin cannot consume them because they consume all sin. Free from evil, free from sin and doubt, they live in the kingdom of Brahman. Your majesty, this kingdom is yours!
-Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
***
Believers, do not raise your voices above my voice, the voice of the prophet. Do not shout at me, as you often shout at one another. If you raise your voices and shout, you will not hear the truth, and so your labours will come to nothing. Those who speak softly in the presence of God's apostle, and those whom God has made pious, will be forgiven their sins, and they will receive a rich reward.
-Qur'an, Al-Hujurat, Surah 49:2-3
***
That which you see and hear, you cannot help; but that which you say depends on you alone.
- Zohar
***
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"
This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
-John 15:12-13 (Revised Standard Version)
***
Don't solve your problems, dissolve your problems--so that they should not recur again.
-Yogi Bhajan
***
These three sounds when they are separated
Cannot lead one beyond mortality;
But when the whole mantra, A, U, and M,
Indivisible, interdependent,
Goes on reverberating in the mind,
One is freed from fear, awake or asleep.
-Prashna Upanishad
This is silent remembrance 'ajampiya jamp' in out tradition - KM
***
The world is new to us every morning--this is the Holy One's gift and every person should believe they are reborn each day.
- Baal Shem Tov
***
In one who
has gone the full distance,
is free from sorrow,
is fully released
in all respects,
has abandoned all bonds:
no fever is found.
-Dhammapada 90, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
***
-John 15:12-13 (Revised Standard Version)
***
Don't solve your problems, dissolve your problems--so that they should not recur again.
-Yogi Bhajan
***
These three sounds when they are separated
Cannot lead one beyond mortality;
But when the whole mantra, A, U, and M,
Indivisible, interdependent,
Goes on reverberating in the mind,
One is freed from fear, awake or asleep.
-Prashna Upanishad
This is silent remembrance 'ajampiya jamp' in out tradition - KM
***
The world is new to us every morning--this is the Holy One's gift and every person should believe they are reborn each day.
- Baal Shem Tov
***
In one who
has gone the full distance,
is free from sorrow,
is fully released
in all respects,
has abandoned all bonds:
no fever is found.
-Dhammapada 90, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
***
One of the greatest gifts we can give people is the hope that their death is nothing to fear--you know, not that it has no fear in it, but the promise of scripture is that God will lead us through the valley of the shadow of death.
-Max Lucado
***
Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?
-Marcus Tullius Cicero
***
The world no longer holds him.
He has gone beyond
The bounds of human nature.
Without compassion
Or the wish to harm,
Without pride or humility.
Nothing disturbs him.
Nothing surprises him.
Because he is free,
He neither craves nor disdains
The things of the world.
He takes them as they come.
His mind is always detached.
-Ashtavakra Gita 17:16-17
***
Hidden creatures good and bad always touch the heart. The touch of the angel is inspiration; Satanic touches temptations untold. Tarry with patience until your confusion is resolved and you know whom you rejected and who became the leader of your heart.
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
***
Three things restore a person's good spirits: beautiful sounds, sights, and smells.
- Babylonian Talmud, Berakhot 57b
***
Once you realize universal emptiness, all objects are spontaneously penetrated: integrating the world and beyond, it contains all states of being within. If you lose the essence, there is nothing after all; if you attain the function, there is spiritual effect. The genuine path of unminding is not a religion for the immature.
-Fen-yang
-Max Lucado
***
Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?
-Marcus Tullius Cicero
***
The world no longer holds him.
He has gone beyond
The bounds of human nature.
Without compassion
Or the wish to harm,
Without pride or humility.
Nothing disturbs him.
Nothing surprises him.
Because he is free,
He neither craves nor disdains
The things of the world.
He takes them as they come.
His mind is always detached.
-Ashtavakra Gita 17:16-17
***
Hidden creatures good and bad always touch the heart. The touch of the angel is inspiration; Satanic touches temptations untold. Tarry with patience until your confusion is resolved and you know whom you rejected and who became the leader of your heart.
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
***
Three things restore a person's good spirits: beautiful sounds, sights, and smells.
- Babylonian Talmud, Berakhot 57b
***
Once you realize universal emptiness, all objects are spontaneously penetrated: integrating the world and beyond, it contains all states of being within. If you lose the essence, there is nothing after all; if you attain the function, there is spiritual effect. The genuine path of unminding is not a religion for the immature.
-Fen-yang
One rare and exceptional deed is worth far more than a thousand commonplace ones.
-St. Ignatius of Loyola
***
The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others
-Vincent Van Gogh
***
There the eye goes not, nor words, nor mind. We know not. We cannot understand how He can be explained. He is above the known, and He is above the unknown. Thus have we heard from the ancient sages who explained this truth to us.
-Sama Veda, Kena Upanishad
***
He commanded the earth to spread out like a carpet for you and enabled you to trace roads therein. He showered water from the sky that enabled the growth of many kinds of vegetation to nourish you and to pasture your cattle. Herein are signs for those endowed with perception.
-Qur'an, Ta Ha, Surah 20:53-54
***
To be a person of truth, be swayed neither by approval nor disapproval.
Work at not needing approval from anyone and you will be free to be who you really are.
- Rebbe Nachman of Breslov
***
Of slight account, monks, is the loss of such things as reputation. Miserable indeed among losses is the loss of wisdom.
Of slight account, monks, is the increase of such things as reputation. Chief of all the increases is that of wisdom.
-Anguttara Nikaya
***
-St. Ignatius of Loyola
***
The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others
-Vincent Van Gogh
***
There the eye goes not, nor words, nor mind. We know not. We cannot understand how He can be explained. He is above the known, and He is above the unknown. Thus have we heard from the ancient sages who explained this truth to us.
-Sama Veda, Kena Upanishad
***
He commanded the earth to spread out like a carpet for you and enabled you to trace roads therein. He showered water from the sky that enabled the growth of many kinds of vegetation to nourish you and to pasture your cattle. Herein are signs for those endowed with perception.
-Qur'an, Ta Ha, Surah 20:53-54
***
To be a person of truth, be swayed neither by approval nor disapproval.
Work at not needing approval from anyone and you will be free to be who you really are.
- Rebbe Nachman of Breslov
***
Of slight account, monks, is the loss of such things as reputation. Miserable indeed among losses is the loss of wisdom.
Of slight account, monks, is the increase of such things as reputation. Chief of all the increases is that of wisdom.
-Anguttara Nikaya
***
Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, it's what you are expected to give — which is everything
-Unknown
***
Choices are the hinges of destiny.
-Edwin Markham
***
The wise have attained the unitive state,
And see only the resplendent Lord of Love.
Desiring nothing in the physical world,
They have become one with the Lord of Love.
-Mundaka Upanishad
***
One may do something advantageous for a person in his absence.
- Babylonian Talmud, Ketubot 11a
***
Reality is like a face reflected in the blade of a knife; its properties depend on the angle from which we view it.
-Master Hsing Yun, "Describing the Indescribable"
-Unknown
***
Choices are the hinges of destiny.
-Edwin Markham
***
The wise have attained the unitive state,
And see only the resplendent Lord of Love.
Desiring nothing in the physical world,
They have become one with the Lord of Love.
-Mundaka Upanishad
***
One may do something advantageous for a person in his absence.
- Babylonian Talmud, Ketubot 11a
***
Reality is like a face reflected in the blade of a knife; its properties depend on the angle from which we view it.
-Master Hsing Yun, "Describing the Indescribable"
Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is a whole cliché, but your attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life.
-Joel Osteen
***
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
-Dr. Seuss
***
With the word OM we say, "I agree," and fulfill desires. With OM we recite, we give direction, we sing aloud the honor of that Word, the key to the three kinds of knowledge.
-Chandogya Upanishad
***
Pray for an enemy as for yourself.
- Baal Shem Tov
***
Seeing error where there is none,
& no error where there is,
beings adopting wrong views
go to a bad destination.
But knowing error as error,
and non-error as non-,
beings adopting right views
go to a good
destination.
-Dhammapada, 22, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
***
-Joel Osteen
***
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
-Dr. Seuss
***
With the word OM we say, "I agree," and fulfill desires. With OM we recite, we give direction, we sing aloud the honor of that Word, the key to the three kinds of knowledge.
-Chandogya Upanishad
***
Pray for an enemy as for yourself.
- Baal Shem Tov
***
Seeing error where there is none,
& no error where there is,
beings adopting wrong views
go to a bad destination.
But knowing error as error,
and non-error as non-,
beings adopting right views
go to a good
destination.
-Dhammapada, 22, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
***
Climb up on some hill at sunrise. Everybody needs perspective once in a while, and you'll find it there.
-Robb Sagendorph
***
Pray for the welfare of the government, for were it not for the fear of it, people would swallow each other alive.
- Ethics of the Fathers 3:2
***
Subhuti asked the Buddha: "The highest, most awakened mind that you have attained--is that mind the unattainable?"
"Yes, Subhuti. With regard to that highest and most awakened mind, I have not attained anything. That mind is everywhere equally. It cannot be attained or grasped, but it can be realized. It is realized through the practice of all good actions when they are done in the spirit of no self and no object of self."
***
-Robb Sagendorph
***
Pray for the welfare of the government, for were it not for the fear of it, people would swallow each other alive.
- Ethics of the Fathers 3:2
***
Subhuti asked the Buddha: "The highest, most awakened mind that you have attained--is that mind the unattainable?"
"Yes, Subhuti. With regard to that highest and most awakened mind, I have not attained anything. That mind is everywhere equally. It cannot be attained or grasped, but it can be realized. It is realized through the practice of all good actions when they are done in the spirit of no self and no object of self."
***
As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.
-Victor Hugo
***
The world is not yet exhausted; let me see something tomorrow which I never saw before.
-Samuel Johnson
***
Those who dwell on and long for sense-pleasure
Are born in a world of separateness.
But let them realize they are the Self
And all separateness will fall away.
-Mundaka Upanishad
***
Remember the virtues you lack and the faults you have; forget the good you did and the wrong you received.
- Orhot Tzaddikim, 15C
***
That which has form emerges from that which has no form; that which has no form emerges from that which has form. Therefore the path of supreme spirituality cannot be sought in being and cannot be fathomed in nonbeing; it cannot be lost through movement and cannot be gained through stillness.
-Ming-Chiao, "Five Houses of Zen"
***
-Victor Hugo
***
The world is not yet exhausted; let me see something tomorrow which I never saw before.
-Samuel Johnson
***
Those who dwell on and long for sense-pleasure
Are born in a world of separateness.
But let them realize they are the Self
And all separateness will fall away.
-Mundaka Upanishad
***
Remember the virtues you lack and the faults you have; forget the good you did and the wrong you received.
- Orhot Tzaddikim, 15C
***
That which has form emerges from that which has no form; that which has no form emerges from that which has form. Therefore the path of supreme spirituality cannot be sought in being and cannot be fathomed in nonbeing; it cannot be lost through movement and cannot be gained through stillness.
-Ming-Chiao, "Five Houses of Zen"
***
Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick; I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.
-Mark 2:17 (Revised Standard Version)
***
When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred.
-Thomas Jefferson
***
Penance is that goodness which refrains from killing.
Perfection is that goodness which refuses to tell others' faults.
Humility is the strength of the strong and the weapon
With which the wise conquer their foes.
-Tirukkural 99:984-985
***
Seek the good in everyone, and reveal it, bring it forth.
- Rabbi Nachman of Breslov (1772-1811), "Likutey Moharan
***
Ta-sui was asked, "Buddha's truth is everywhere; so where do you teach your students to plant their feet?"
He replied, "The vast ocean lets fish leap freely; the endless sky lets birds fly freely."
-From "The Pocket Zen Reader," edited by Thomas Cleary
-Mark 2:17 (Revised Standard Version)
***
When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred.
-Thomas Jefferson
***
Penance is that goodness which refrains from killing.
Perfection is that goodness which refuses to tell others' faults.
Humility is the strength of the strong and the weapon
With which the wise conquer their foes.
-Tirukkural 99:984-985
***
Seek the good in everyone, and reveal it, bring it forth.
- Rabbi Nachman of Breslov (1772-1811), "Likutey Moharan
***
Ta-sui was asked, "Buddha's truth is everywhere; so where do you teach your students to plant their feet?"
He replied, "The vast ocean lets fish leap freely; the endless sky lets birds fly freely."
-From "The Pocket Zen Reader," edited by Thomas Cleary
Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
-Dale Carnegie
***
Once a man has committed a sin once and then a second time...it [appears to him that it] is permitted.
- Babylonian Talmud, Yoma 86b
***
What is soul? Soul is conscious of good and evil,
rejoicing over kindness, weeping over injury.
Since consciousness is the inmost nature and essence of the soul,
the more aware you are the more spiritual you are.
Awareness is the effect of the spirit:
anyone who has this in abundance
is a man or woman of God.
-Mathnawi [VI, 148-150]
***
They awaken, always wide awake:
Gotama's disciples
whose hearts delight, both day & night,
in harmlessness.
They awaken, always wide awake:
Gotama's disciples
whose hearts delight, both day & night,
in developing the mind.
-Dhammapada, 21, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
-Dale Carnegie
***
Once a man has committed a sin once and then a second time...it [appears to him that it] is permitted.
- Babylonian Talmud, Yoma 86b
***
What is soul? Soul is conscious of good and evil,
rejoicing over kindness, weeping over injury.
Since consciousness is the inmost nature and essence of the soul,
the more aware you are the more spiritual you are.
Awareness is the effect of the spirit:
anyone who has this in abundance
is a man or woman of God.
-Mathnawi [VI, 148-150]
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They awaken, always wide awake:
Gotama's disciples
whose hearts delight, both day & night,
in harmlessness.
They awaken, always wide awake:
Gotama's disciples
whose hearts delight, both day & night,
in developing the mind.
-Dhammapada, 21, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
Gratitude is the mother of all the virtues.
-G.K. Chesterton
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The way to succeed is never quit. That's it. But really be humble about it.
-Alex Haley
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You are one.
You are pure awareness.
The world is not real.
It is cold and lifeless.
Nor is ignorance real.
So what can you wish to know?
-Ashtavakra Gita 10:5
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Regard as trifling the great good you did to others, and as enormous the little good others did to you.
- Talmud: Derech Eretz (Way of the Land)
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The Buddha was joined by his own son, Rahula, a young boy. He advised him: "Cultivate Rahula, a meditation on loving-kindness, for by cultivating loving-kindness, ill will is banished forever. Cultivate, too, a meditation on compassion, for by cultivating compassion, you will find harm and cruelty disappear."
-Majjhima Nikaya
From "The Pocket
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-G.K. Chesterton
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The way to succeed is never quit. That's it. But really be humble about it.
-Alex Haley
***
You are one.
You are pure awareness.
The world is not real.
It is cold and lifeless.
Nor is ignorance real.
So what can you wish to know?
-Ashtavakra Gita 10:5
***
Regard as trifling the great good you did to others, and as enormous the little good others did to you.
- Talmud: Derech Eretz (Way of the Land)
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The Buddha was joined by his own son, Rahula, a young boy. He advised him: "Cultivate Rahula, a meditation on loving-kindness, for by cultivating loving-kindness, ill will is banished forever. Cultivate, too, a meditation on compassion, for by cultivating compassion, you will find harm and cruelty disappear."
-Majjhima Nikaya
From "The Pocket
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