' Purgatory '...
I know for a fact that Heaven and Hell are here on Earth.
....................... Marianne Faithfull
' Happiness '...
Happiness consists of being able to tell the truth without hurting anyone.
............................ Marcello Mastroianni
' Shaping our Life '...
Faith is not a thing which one loses, we merely cease to shape our lives by it.
...................... Georges Bernanos
' You Are, what you Think, All Day '...
He who has dreamed for long resembles his dream.
.................... Andre Malraux
' The Path of our Destiny '...
No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever.
........................ Francois Mauriac
' They stand Silent '...
What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.
........................ Elie Wiesel
' This is the Equation '...
Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hate, and hate leads to violence. This is the equation.
...................... Averroes
' The Heart Matters Most '...
It's no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.
............................ Saadi
' Push the Ego, Out '...
Get yourself out of the way, and let Joy have more space.
................... Rumi
' Trading Power '...
By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.
....................... John Maynard Keynes ( Economist )
' To Live By '...
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
................. President John F. Kennedy
' Concentration on Self '...
The wise man who, by means of concentration on the Self, realizes that ancient, effulgent One, who is hard to be seen, unmanifest, hidden, and who dwells in the buddhi and rests in the body–he, indeed, leaves joy and sorrow far behind.
............................... Upanishads
' Seeing the Atman '...
"He who sees the Atman
as pervading everything,
and everything in the Atman,
does not wish to guard himself,
because he has no fear from anyone."
................... Isavasya Upanishad
' Superior to Reason '...
You can only apprehend the Infinite by a faculty that is superior to reason.
............................ Plotinus
' My God '...
My God is the green tide in the spring leaves the redness of cherries high in the air the excitement of shooting stars the song of birds in summer branches the sunrise on a winter's morning the name of everything we don't understand.
............................ William of Ockham
'Seek the Truth '...
Therefore, faithful Christian, seek the truth, listen to the truth, learn the truth, love the truth, tell the truth, learn the truth, defend the truth even to death.
............................................. Jan Hus
' It's Human '...
Now I believe I can hear the philosophers protesting that it can only be misery to live in folly, illusion, deception and ignorance, but it isn't -it's human.
............................... Desiderius Erasmus
' The Gutenberg Bible '...
It is a press, certainly, but a press from which shall flow in inexhaustible streamsThrough it, God will spread His Word. A spring of truth shall flow from it: like a new star it shall scatter the darkness of ignorance, and cause a light heretofore unknown to shine amongst men.
.......................... Johannes Gutenberg
' Your Original Nature '...
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
........................ Herman Melville
' Patience '...
Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting.
.................... Joyce Meyer
' Understood Backwards '...
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
.................... Soren Kierkegaard
' The Essence of Philosophy '...
the essence of philosophy is not the possession of the truth but the search for truth. ... Philosophy means to be on the way. Its questions are more essential than its answers, and every answer becomes a new question.
................................. Karl Jaspers
' The Purpose of Art '...
The purpose of art is... to press forward into the whole of the external world and the soul, to see and communicate those objective realities within it which rule and convention have hitherto concealed.
................................ Max Scheler
' When Night Comes '...
And when night comes, and you look back over the day and see how fragmentary everything has been, and how much you planned that has gone undone, and all the reasons you have to be embarrassed and ashamed: just take everything exactly as it is, put it in God's hands and leave it with Him.
........................... Edith Stein
' Love and Sacrifice '...
Love and sacrifice are closely linked, like the sun and the light. We cannot love without suffering and we cannot suffer without love.
...................... Gianna Beretta Molla
' Speaking to Source '...
Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were alone with Him, familiarly and with confidence and love, as to the dearest and most loving of friends. Speak to Him often of your business, your plans, your troubles, your fears - of everything that concerns you. Converse with Him confidently and frankly; for God is not wont to speak to a soul that does not speak to Him.
........................... Alphonsus Liguori
' Only Me '...
Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.
....................... Carol Burnett
' The Soul in Lonliness '...
The sky is one whole, the water another; and between those two infinities the soul of man is in loneliness.
.................. Henryk Sienkiewicz
' The Nectar of Life '...
The nectar of life is sweet only when shared with others.
..................... Adam Mickiewicz
' The Pathless Woods '...
There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more.
...................... Lord Byron
' Commitment '..
The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, power and grace.
............................. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
' The Astonishing Light '...
I wish I could show you...the astonishing light of your own being.
......................... Hafez
' The Eye of the Heart '...
If the eye of the heart is open, in each atom there will be one hundred secrets
.......................... Farid al-Din Attar
' Paradise in the Heart '...
What can my enemies do to me? My paradise is in my heart, it is with me wherever I go. To imprison me is to provide me with seclusion. To send me into exile is to send me away in the Path of Allah. And to kill me is to make me a martyr.
.................................. Ibn Taymiyyah
' The Spirit of Creation '...
Artists create out of a sense of desolation. The spirit of creation is a excruciating, intricate exploration from within the soul.
.............................. El Greco
' Working on the Self '...
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.
................... Michelangelo
' The Beauty of Light '...
The light constantly changes, and that alters the atmosphere and beauty of things every minute.
............................ Claude Monet
' Walking the Walk '...
A true artist is not one who is inspired, but one who inspires others.
...................... Salvador Dali
' Thoughts of Countries '...
Never judge a country by its politicians.
................. Alfred Hitchcock
' Fake It until You Make It '...
I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until finally I became that person. Or he became me.
............................ Cary Grant
' Think Simple !'...
Never do anything complicated when something simple will serve as well. It's one of the most important secrets of living.
.................................. Erich Maria Remarque
' Violence is a Choice '...
Violence is never ever a choice that a man should make.
.................... Patrick Stewart
' The Strength of Civilization '...
The strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them.
.............................. Gene Roddenberry
' Because I '...
Because I have known despair, I value hope. Because I have
tasted frustration, I value fulfillment. Because I have been lonely, I value love.
........................ Leonard Nimoy
' I Can Do It Too ! '...
When you feel the world is against you or you give up hope, you look at your heroes and say, "They were able to do it. They had hard times and a lot of opposition, but they got through it." Then you feel, "I can do it too."
............................ John Leguizamo
' A Fearful Life '...
A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
...................... Baz Luhrmann
' To Be Kind '...
To be kind is more important than to be right. Many times, what people need is not a brilliant mind that speaks but a special heart that listens.
........................... F. Scott Fitzgerald
' Fear of Death '...
Mark Twain said, "I'm not afraid of death. I was dead for billions of years before I was born, and it didn't inconvenience me in the slightest.".........
' Do not lie to Yourself '...
‘This above all; to thine own self be true.’ .................. William Shakespeare
' The Purpose in Life '...
They say, Find a purpose in your life and live it. But, sometimes, it is only after you have lived that you recognize your life had a purpose, and likely one you never had in mind.
.................................. Khaled Hosseini
' The Bible '...
The Bible did not arrive by fax from heaven. The Bible is the product of man, my dear. Not of God. The Bible did not fall magically from the clouds. Man created it as a historical record of tumultuous times, and it has evolved through countless translations, additions, and revisions. History has never had a definitive version of the book.
............................. Dan Brown
' The Art of the Earth '...
Art owes its origin to Nature herself... this beautiful creation, the world, supplied the first model, while the original teacher was that divine intelligence which has not only made us superior to the other animals, but like God Himself, if I may venture to say it.
............................. Giorgio Vasari (painter)
' True Friends '...
The sincere friends of this world are as ship lights in the stormiest of nights.
....................... Giotto di Bondone
' What will you take with You ?'...
Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that you have received - only what you have given: a full heart, enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice and courage.
...................... Saint Francis of Assisi
' The Heart cannot stop Loving '...
When the heart is pure and simple it cannot help loving, because it has discovered the source of love which is God.
............................ John Vianney
' The Best Weapon We Have '...
Prayer is the best weapon we have; it is the key to God's heart. You must speak to Jesus not only with your lips, but with your heart. In fact on certain occasions you should only speak to Him with your heart.
................. Pio of Pietrelcina
' The Joy of Laughter '...
There is little success where there is little laughter.
.................... Andrew Carnegie
' The Road Less Traveled '...
Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
......................... Robert Frost
' The Best is Near '...
Come grow old with me. The best is yet to be.
...................... William Wordsworth
' The Strong Soul '...
Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.
........................ Thomas Carlyle
' The Greatest Accomplishment '...
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
............................ Ralph Waldo Emerson
' The Art of Living '...
To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.
............................ Herman Melville
' Simplify '...
Simplify your life. Don't waste the years struggling for things that are unimportant. Don't burden yourself with possessions. Keep your needs and wants simple and enjoy what you have. Don't destroy your peace of mind by looking back, worrying about the past. Live in the present. Simplify!
.......................... Henry David Thoreau
' Anothers Soul '...
Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul.
........................ Joyce Carol Oates
' A Different Form '...
Every thing that you love, you will eventually lose, but in the end, love will return in a different form.
......................... Franz Kafka
' True Nobility '...
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.
................................ Ernest Hemingway
' Looking Back '...
Looking back over a lifetime, you see that love was the answer to everything.
.................... Ray Bradbury
' Shadow and Illusion '...
That which we call substance and reality is shadow and illusion, and that which we call shadow and illusion is substance and reality.
................................ H. P. Lovecraft
' Secrecy '...
Secrecy is the keystone to all tyranny. Not force, but secrecy and censorship. When any government or church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, "This you may not read, this you must not know," the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motives. Mighty little force is needed to control a man who has been hoodwinked in this fashion; contrariwise, no amount of force can control a free man, whose mind is free. No, not the rack nor the atomic bomb, not anything. You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him.
.............................. Robert A. Heinlein
' A Miracle and Mystery '...
We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery.
........................... H. G. Wells
' It is Patriotism '...
You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism.
........................... Erma Bombeck
' The Wise Man '...
The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions.
....................... Claude Levi-Strauss
' Old Love '...
Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable.
..................... Henry Ward Beecher
' A Cosmonaut Speaks '...
Looking at the earth from afar you realize it is too small for conflict and just big enough for co-operation.
....................... Yuri Gagarin
' The Desires of Voters '...
We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action.
.............................. Sarojini Naidu
' True Education '...
Education was not merely a means for earning a living or an instrument for the acquisition of wealth. It was an initiation into the life of spirit, a training of the human soul in the pursuit of truth and the practice of virtue.
......................... Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
' Without Consciousness '...
There is no life without consciousness; there is no consciousness without life.
.......................... Annie Besant
' The Sacredness of Tears '...
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.
.............................. Washington Irving
' Solitude '...
Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the mightiest of agencies; for solitude is essential to man. All men come into this world alone and leave it alone.
........................... Thomas de Quincey
' Advice '...
Advice is like snow - the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper in sinks into the mind.
..................... Samuel Taylor Coleridge
' The Egoic Conundrum '...
Its better to lose your ego to the One you Love than to lose the One you Love to your Ego
......................... John Keats
' Real Education '...
Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding.
............................... Ezra Pound
' The Highest Presence '...
Absence, the highest form of presence.
........................ James Joyce
' To Know Self '...
The universe is the mirror in which we can contemplate only what we have learned to know in ourselves
................................. Italo Calvino
' The Highest Value '...
We should not be ashamed to acknowledge truth from whatever source it comes to us, even if it is brought to us by former generations and foreign peoples. For him who seeks the truth there is nothing of higher value than truth itself.
............................. Al-Kindi
' The Love of Truth '...
My main interest... is the love of truth, whether pleasant or not. Truth is self-sufficient, and there is nothing to which it can be subordinated without loss. When truth is made subservient to anything else, however great (say religion), it becomes impure and sordid.
................. George Sarton
' In Divine Consciousness '...
In everything that moves through the universe, I see my own body, and in everything that governs the universe, my own soul. All men are my brethren, and all things my companions.
............................. Zhang Zai
' Behavior of the Multitude '...
To act without clear understanding, to form habits without investigation, to follow a path all one's life without knowing where it really leads; such is the behavior of the multitude.
............................... Mencius
' Knowing Self '...
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.
...................... Laozi
' To Understand '...
Any fool can know. The point is to understand.
...................... Albert Einstein
' Values and Principles '...
My mother told me if I work hard and I really believed in American principles and I believed in God, anything is possible. That's why I'm not anxious to give away American values and principles for the sake of political correctness.
..................... Doctor Benjamin Carson
' The Eternal Now '...
Nothing is there to come, and nothing past,
But an eternal Now does always last.
......................... Abraham Cowley
' The Crowning Grace '...
Love is the crowning grace of humanity, the holiest right of the soul, the golden link which binds us to duty and truth, the redeeming principle that chiefly reconciles the heart to life, and is prophetic of eternal good.
..................... Petrarch
' Attaining the Highest '...
A sacred pride should grip us of not being satisfied with the mediocre but to strive (for we can do it, if we want to) with the exertion of all our strength to attain the highest. Let us scorn what is of this earth, let us ignore what is of heaven, let us leave absolutely everything worldly behind us in order to hasten to the abode out of this world, in the proximity of the sublime deity. We do not need to think of stepping back. Of being satisfied with second rank, let us strive for dignity and glory. To attain the highest.
............................ Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
' Divine Consciousness '...
Whoever has received knowledge
and eloquence in speech from God
should not be silent or secretive
but demonstrate it willingly.
When a great good is widely heard of,
then, and only then, does it bloom,
and when that good is praised by man,
it has spread its blossoms.
............................ Marie de France
' Royality '...
For my own part, I adhere to the maxim of antiquity, that the throne is a glorious sepulchre.
............................. Theodora (wife of Emperor Justinian) ...
' Mystical Carpenters '...
In a world where carpenters get resurrected, everything is possible.
................ Saint Eleanor of Aquitaine
' Hidden within You '...
Humanity, take a good look at yourself. Inside, you’ve got heaven and earth, and all of creation. You’re a world—everything is hidden in you.
..................... Saint Hildegard of Bingen
' Money '...
The money you have gives you freedom; the money you pursue enslaves you.
....................... Jean-Jacques Rousseau
' Practice gives Integrity '...
It's not what we eat, but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain, but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read, but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess, but what we practice that gives us integrity.
.................................. Francis Bacon
' Knowledge as Worship '...
To know the mighty works of God, to comprehend His wisdom and majesty and power; to appreciate, in degree, the wonderful workings of His laws, surely all this must be a pleasing and acceptable mode of worship to the Most High, to whom ignorance cannot be more grateful than knowledge.
................................... Nicolaus Copernicus
' Discovering Truth '...
All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
............................. Galileo Galilei
' Persuasion '...
The truth of these days is not that which really is, but what every man persuades another man to believe.
............................. Michel de Montaigne
' Power over Mind '...
You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
............................. Marcus Aurelius
' The Blame Game '...
If you make it a habit not to blame others, you will feel the growth of the ability to love in your soul, and you will see the growth of goodness in your life.
.............................. Leo Tolstoy
' The Experience of Time '..
If the years of youth are experienced slowly, while the later years of life hurtle past at an ever-increasing speed, it must be habit that causes it. We know full well that the insertion of new habits or the changing of old ones is the only way to preserve life, to renew our sense of time, to rejuvenate, intensify, and retard our experience of time - and thereby renew our sense of life itself. That is the reason for every change of scenery and air.
................................ Thomas Mann
' Entering the Silence '...
One can run away from anything but oneself.
................. Stefan Zweig
' The Principles of Foundation '...
The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.
.............................. Baron de Montesquieu
' Love is a Well '...
Love is a well from which we can drink only as much as we have put in, and the stars that shine from it are only our eyes looking in.
............................ Stendhal
' Ego prevents Wisdom '...
Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
............................. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
' Waking the Heart '...
The real work is in the Heart:...
Wake up your Heart!.. Because when the heart is completely awake,
Then it needs no Friend.
............................ Rabia Basri
' Something Greater '...
You say that you are just a body, but inside of you is something greater than the Universe.
.............................. Al-Shafi‘i
' Another Path '...
He who finds a new path is a pathfinder, even if the trail has to be found again by others; and he who walks far ahead of his contemporaries is a leader, even though centuries pass before he is recognized as such.
...................... Ibn Khaldun
' The Right to Think '...
Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all.
........................ Hypatia
' The Divine Presence '...
For when one considers the universe, can anyone be so simple-minded as not to believe that the Divine is present in everything, pervading, embracing and penetrating it?
...................... Gregory of Nyssa
' The Great Physician '...
Your accumulated offences do not surpass the multitude of God's mercies: your wounds do not surpass the great Physician's skill.
......................... Cyril of Jerusalem
' Achieving Happiness '...
Happiness can only be achieved by looking inward & learning to enjoy whatever life has and this requires transforming greed into gratitude.
.......................... Saint John Chrysostom
' A Drop of Source '...
You are so part of the world
that your slightest action contributes to its reality...
Your breath changes the atmosphere...
Your encounters with others
alter the fabrics of their lives,
and the lives of those
who come in contact with them.
..................... Jane Roberts
' Sound will Heal '...
The medicine of the future will be music and sound.
....................... Edgar Cayce
' The Allotted Time '...
All things happen in their proper time. Everything in life happens in the time allocated for it. Don't waste energy worrying about end results. Worrying only distracts you from living day to day and enjoying life!
................................... James Van Praagh
' Destiny '...
Every individual soul chooses the significant people in that life. Destiny will place you in the particular circumstance; it will dictate that you will encounter a particular person, at a certain time, place.
.......................... Brian Weiss
' Creating your Reality '...
You create your thoughts, your thoughts create your intentions, and your intentions create your reality.
............................... Wayne Dyer
' Health is Linked to Mind '...
Every cell in your body is eavesdropping on your thoughts.
..................... Deepak Chopra
' Our Deeper Character '...
We’re miserable because we think that we are mere individuals, alone with our fears and flaws and resentments and mortality. We wrongly believe that our limited little egos constitute our whole entire nature. We have failed to recognize our deeper divine character.
.......................... Elizabeth Gilbert
' The Learning Experience '...
Everything we experience-no matter how unpleasant-comes into our lives to teach us something.
..................................... Iyanla Vanzant
' Source within Manifestation '...
Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.
.......................... Anne Frank
' The Divine Dreamer '...
The Dream is the Consciousness of Source observing the 'Plays' called Life... Once the ego-desire has been surrendered to the Universe,,, the Only Consciousnes left is called Reality and Exists as Light,, Love,, and Wisdom...... The Divine Dreamer was Born from Nothingness............................... thomas
' Enlightenment '...
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
............................. T. S. Eliot
' Happiness is found outside of the ego '...
One thing I am convinced more and more is true, and that is this: The only way to be truly happy is to make others happy. When you realize that and take advantage of the fact, everything is made perfect.
............................... William Carlos Williams
' Watch the Intellect '...
Watch out for intellect, because it knows so much it knows nothing and leaves you hanging upside down, mouthing knowledge as your heart falls out of your mouth.
............................. Anne Sexton
' The Face of God '...
The soul can split the sky in two and let the face of God shine through.
....................... Edna St. Vincent Millay
' Always Something to Do '...
There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick people to comfort and make well. And while I don't expect you to save the world I do think it's not asking too much for you to love those with whom you sleep, share the happiness of those whom you call friend, engage those among you who are visionary and remove from your life those who offer you depression, despair and disrespect.
........................... Nikki Giovanni
' A Lack of Self-Realization '...
Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread.
....................... Richard Wright
' The Key to Happiness '...
To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.
.......................... John Dewey
' Going to Church '...
God does not live in a church... the Source of all creation and non-creation abides in the non-egoic state called Love... To worship Source is to Worship Love... Practicing Love everyday is the only church that we all need.................. thomas
' The Force of Divine Mind '...
The force that is running inside you is the same force running the solar system... the moment you relax from the 'I' the 'other' will disappear... you become 'one' with the truth.
.............................. Swami Nithyananda
' Letting Go '...
Life teaches you the art of letting go in every event. When you have learnt to let go, you will be joyful and as you start being joyful, more will be given to you.
................................ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
' The False Self '...
Why are you unhappy? .... Because 99.9 percent, Of everything you think, And of everything you do, Is for yourself - And there isn’t one.
.....................................Wei Wu Wei
' The Words of Gautama the Buddha '...
To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one’s own in the midst of abundance.
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If anything is worth doing, do it with all your heart.
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All that we are is the result of what we have thought.
....................................
Do not look for a sanctuary in anyone except your self.
' Seeking Happiness '...
All I can guarantee you is that as long as you are searching for happiness, you will remain unhappy.
............................ U.G. Krishnamurti
' A Philosopher '...
A philosopher is a fool who torments himself while he is alive, to be talked of after he is dead.
.............................. Jean le Rond d'Alembert
' Life without Honor '...
I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor.
............................ Pierre Corneille
' The ego came Along '...
I believed, when I entered this convent, I was escaping from myself, but alas, poor me, I brought myself with me!
.......................... Juana Inés de la Cruz
' Our Greatest Foes '...
Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.
........................... Miguel de Cervantes
' Love All '...
Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.
....................... William Shakespeare
' To Rule Over '...
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.
........................... Hannah Arendt
Life has Value '...
One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.
.............................. Simone de Beauvoir
' The Gilted Cage '...
Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.
................................. Mary Wollstonecraft
' Education '...
Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.
............................... Albert Einstein
' The Heart's Wealth '...
There is nothing that making men rich and strong but that which they carry inside of them. True wealth is of the heart, not of the hand.
.......................... John Milton
' No man is an Island '...
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were: any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee.
............................... John Donne
' The Cement of Societies '...
Truth is the foundation of all knowledge and the cement of all societies.
............................ John Dryden
' Imagination '...
Imagination is the living power and prime agent of all human perception.
.......................... Samuel Taylor Coleridge
' Are We Slaves ?'...
Those who will not reason, are bigots,, those who cannot, are fools,, and those who dare not,, are slaves.
........................... Lord Byron
' A Spacious Temple '...
What is this eternity to me without you?
What is the infinity of my domains?
Empty ringing words,
A spacious temple - without a divinity!
.................... Mikhail Lermontov
' Changing the World '...
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
.................... Leo Tolstoy
' Solitude '...
Its beautiful to be alone. To be alone does not mean to be lonely. it means the mind is not influenced and contaminated by society.
........................... Jiddu Krishnamurti
' The Dawn of Wisdom '...
To know that you are a prisoner of your mind is the dawn of wisdom.
.......................... Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
' The Triumph of Evil '...
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
......................... Edmund Burke
' Fearing Death '...
Why should I fear death?,, If I am,, death is not. If death is,, I am not............. Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not?....
................... Epicurus
' Gratefulness '...
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
...................... Epicurus
' Uncreated and Imperishable '...
We can speak and think only of what exists. And what exists is uncreated and imperishable for it is whole and unchanging and complete. It was not or nor shall be different since it is now, all at once, one and continuous.
............................. Parmenides
' Returning Home '...
The source from which existing things derive their existence is also that to which they return at their destruction.
.......................... Anaximander
' Know Thyself '...
The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.
...................... Thales
' Self-Discipline '...
I could only achieve success in my life through self-discipline, and I applied it until my wish and my will became one.
........................... Nikola Tesla
' Experienced the Power '...
We can preach the Gospel of Christ no further than we have experienced the power of it in our own hearts
......................... George Whitefield
' Poisoned Grain '...
The press, important as is its office, is but the servant of the human intellect, and its ministry is for good or for evil, according to the character of those who direct it. The press is a mill which grinds all that is put into its hopper. Fill the hopper with poisoned grain, and it will grind it to meal, but there is death in the bread.
......................... William C. Bryant
' Sad Words '...
For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.
.......................... John Greenleaf Whittier
' Surrendering ego-self '...
Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible in us be found......................... Pema Chödrön
' Grief and Loss '...
There's no way around grief and loss: you can dodge all you want, but sooner or later you just have to go into it, through it, and, hopefully, come out the other side. The world you find there will never be the same as the world you left.
....................................... Johnny Cash
' We are all Animals '...
We are all animals of this planet. We are all creatures. And nonhuman animals experience pain sensations just like we do. They too are strong, intelligent, industrious, mobile, and evolutional. They too are capable of growth and adaptation. Like us, firsthand foremost, they are earthlings. And like us, they are surviving. Like us they also seek their own comfort rather than discomfort. And like us they express degrees of emotion. In short like us, they are alive.
............................... Joaquin Phoenix
' Boredom between People '...
Boredom between two people doesn't come from being together physically. It comes from being apart mentally and spiritually.
.............................. Richard Bach
' Only Now is Real '...
The past exists only in our memories, the future only in our plans. The present is our only reality.
............................ Robert M. Pirsig
' Pride and Humility '...
With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings.
.......................... Ezra Taft Benson
' Never be Fearful '...
Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth.
............................. William Faulkner
' A Revolutionary Act '...
In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
........................ George Orwell
' Happiness is a Gift '...
Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.
............................ Charles Dickens
' A Dangerous Condition '...
The most dangerous condition for a man or a nation is when his intellectual side is more developed than his spiritual. Is that not exactly the condition of the world today?
........................ Arthur Conan Doyle
' Impossibilities '...
All that is impossible, remains to be accomplished.
....................... Jules Verne
' For a Reason '...
Every person that comes into our life comes for a reason; some come to learn and others come to teach.
............................. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
' Two Histories '...
There are two histories : official history, (lying), and then secret history, where you find the real causes of events.
............................ Honore de Balzac
' All Else is Fleeting '...
Make this world your own by loving all....Let there be no stranger, let there be no foe or enemy... Let there be no pride or egotism in us... Let the world be united in love as one race... Know that love alone is true-all else is fleeting, false.
...................... Swami Premananda
' Enlightenment '...
The wind of God’s grace is always blowing – unfurl your sail.
.................... Sri Ramakrishna
' The Dervish '...
The sun has set, its flush only is left....
I’ll give my life for a glimpse of you....
My fault: I came not when when you bade
Your love has made me dance like mad.
......................Bulleh Shah (Tere Ishq Nachaya)
' Gautama the Buddha Quotes '...
Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.
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Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
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The tongue like a sharp knife… Kills without drawing blood.
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Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
' We feel Free '...
We feel free because we lack the very language to articulate our unfreedom.
....................... Slavoj Žižek
' A Creator '...
A creator is someone who creates their own impossibilities, and thereby creates possibilities.
............................. Gilles Deleuze
' Veils of Ignorance '...
Fortunately, some are born with spiritual immune systems that sooner or later give rejection to the illusory worldview grafted upon then from birth through social conditioning. They begin sensing that something is amiss, and start looking for answers. Inner knowledge and anomalous outer experiences show them a side of reality others are oblivious to, and so begins the journey of awakening. Each step of the journey is made by following the heart instead of the crowd, and by choosing knowledge over veils of ignorance.
.................................. Henri Bergson
' The Inner Fire '...
In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
........................... Albert Schweitzer
' Welcome to Earth '...
A Zen master, when asked where he would go after he died, replied, 'To Hell, for that's where help is needed most.'
.............................. Philip Kapleau
' Preconceived Ideas '...
We never get upset over what happens. Never. We get upset because of preconceived ideas as to what we think should happen, what we want to happen. When our preference clashes with the reality, we get hurt. Rid yourself of all preconceived ideas as to what should happen. You are then at peace whatever happens.
.......................... Vernon Howard
' Find Love '...
Find the god in your own heart and you will understand by direct intuition what all the great teachers, real mystics, true philosophers and inspired people have been trying to tell you by the tortuous method of using words.
................................. Paul Brunton
' Who am I ?'...
The question 'Who am I?' is not really meant to get an answer, the question 'Who am I?' is meant to dissolve the questioner.
........................... Ramana Maharshi
' Incarnation of Source '...
You are incarnations of God, all of you. You are incarnations of the Almighty, Omnipresent, Divine Principle. You may laugh at me now, but the time will come when you will understand. You must. Nobody will be left behind.
.................................. Swami Vivekananda
' The Aim of Yoga '...
The primary aim of yoga is to restore the mind to simplicity, peace, and poise, to free it from confusion and distress.
............................ B.K.S. Iyengar
' The Beginning of your Freedom '...
The divine within you is stronger than anything that is without you. Therefore, be not afraid of anything. Rely on your own Inner Self, the Divinity within you. Tap the source through looking within. Improve yourself. Build your character. Purify the heart. Develop the divine virtues. Eradicate evil traits. Conquer all that is base in you. Endeavor to attain all that is worthy and noble. Make the lower nature the servant of the higher through discipline, Tapas, self-restraint and meditation. This is the beginning of your freedom.
.......................... Sivananda
' Seeking Joy '...
The most beautiful moments in life are moments when you are expressing your joy, not when you are seeking it.
.............................. Jaggi Vasudev
' Belief in a Master Mystic '...
I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
.................................... Paul the Apostle
' Study Patience '...
The strong manly ones in life are those who understand the meaning of the word patience. Patience means restraining one's inclinations. There are seven emotions: joy, anger, anxiety, adoration, grief, fear, and hate, and if a man does not give way to these he can be called patient. I am not as strong as I might be, but I have long known and practiced patience. And if my descendants wish to be as I am, they must study patience.
.......................................... Ieyasu Tokugaw
' Earning Leadership '...
Honour may not win power, but it wins respect. And respect earns power.
...................... Ishida Mitsunari
' Swami Vivekananda on Advaita '...
A real Vedantist must sympathise with all. Monism, or absolute oneness is the very soul of Vedanta. Dualists naturally tend to become intolerant, to think theirs as the only way................... The Vaishnavas in India, who are dualists, are a most intolerant sect...............
According to the Advaita Vedantist, the soul is struggling to reveal itself. After long struggle, it finds that the subject must always remain the subject; and then begins non-attachment, and it becomes free..............................
According to the Advaita philosophy, there is only one thing real in the universe, which it calls Brahman; everything else is unreal, manifested and manufactured out of Brahman by the power of Mâyâ. To reach back to that Brahman is our goal. We are, each one of us, that Brahman, that Reality, plus this Maya..................... If we can get rid of this Maya or ignorance, then we become what we really are. According to this philosophy, each man consists of three parts — the body, the internal organ or the mind, and behind that, what is called the Âtman, the Self....................... The body is the external coating and the mind is the internal coating of the Atman who is the real perceiver, the real enjoyer, the being in the body who is working the body by means of the internal organ or the mind.
' Closing the Heart '...
You can close your eyes to the things you don't want to see, but you can't close your heart to the things you don't want to feel.
................................... Johnny Depp
' My Soul '...
My soul is not contained within the limits of my body; my body is contained within the limitlessness of my soul.
...................................... Jim Carrey
' Take a little Time '...
You've just got to give yourself time - that's good advice I think. Give yourself time to figure out what you're good at and what you're not good at.
........................... Adam Sandler
' Beauty '...
I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder.
............................. Salma Hayek
' Ready to Learn '...
I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.
............................. Winston Churchill
Remaining Bound to Reincarnation '
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.
........................... James Allen
' Affirm It for Others '...
Whatever you desire for yourself, affirm it for others, and it will help you both. We reap what we sow. If we send out thoughts of love and health, they return to us like bread cast upon the waters; but if we send out thoughts of fear, worry, jealousy, anger, hate, etc., we will reap the results in our own lives.
................................. Charles F. Haanel
' Fear is a Habit '...
Fear is a habit, so is self pity, defeat, anxiety, despair, hopelessness and resignation. You can eliminate all of these negative habits with two simple resolves: I can and I will.
.............................. Napoleon Hill
' Truthful Hands '...
Only truthful hands write true poems. I cannot see any basic difference between a handshake and a poem.
................................ Paul Celan
' The Silence of God '...
I drank the silence of God from a spring in the woods.
............................ Georg Trakl
' Nature and Spirit '...
Nature is visible Spirit; Spirit is invisible Nature.
.......................... Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
' The Need of Solitude '...
A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.
................................ Arthur Schopenhauer
' Life is Nothing '...
Before you come alive, life is nothing; it 's up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing else but the meaning that you choose.
................................... Jean-Paul Sartre
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