' 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
' All Want Happiness '...
I love good and pleasure,, I hate evil and pain,, I want to be happy and I am not mistaken in believing,, that people,, angels and even demons have those same inclinations.
................... Nicolas Malebranche
' The Throne of Truth '...
Truth is a queen who has her eternal throne in heaven,, and her seat of empire in the heart of God.
...................... Jacques-Benigne Bossuet
' Doubt All Things '...
If you would be a real seeker after truth,, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt,, as far as possible,, all things.
..................... Rene Descartes
' Distressed, Depressed, and at Rest '...
If you look at the world,, you'll be distressed.. If you look within,, you'll be depressed.. If you look at God you'll be at rest.
.................. Corrie Ten Boom
' Money and Glory '...
Beware of overconcern for money,, or position, or glory.. Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things.. Then you will know how poor you are.
...................... Rudyard Kipling
' Stop Lying to Ourselves '...
I have no right to call myself one who knows.. I was one who seeks,, and I still am,, but I no longer seek in the stars or in books;.. I'm beginning to hear the teachings of my blood pulsing within me.. My story isn't pleasant,, it's not sweet and harmonious,, like the invented stories;.. it tastes of folly and bewilderment,, of madness and dream,, like the life of all people who no longer want to lie to themselves.
................ Hermann Hesse
' The Magic of the World '...
To romanticize the world is to make us aware of the magic,, mystery and wonder of the world;.. it is to educate the senses to see the ordinary as extraordinary,, the familiar as strange,, the mundane as sacred,, the finite as infinite.
............. Novalis
' Time is Eternity '...
Time is too slow for those who wait,, too swift for those who fear,, too long for those who grieve,, too short for those who rejoice,, but for those who love,, time is eternity.
................ Henry Van Dyke
' The Source of Peace '...
This world is nothing but a trap.. The only place where a man is safe and gets comfort,, is the secluded place of God.
......................... Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
' Look Within '...
If you're looking for faults use a mirror,, not a telescope
.................... Boonaa Mohammed
' Returning Home '...
Mid pleasures and palaces,, though we may roam,, Be it ever so humble,, There's no place like home.
................ John Howard Payne
' Battling the Ego '...
Our greatest foes,, and whom we must chiefly combat,, are within.
............. Miguel de Cervantes
' Keep Smiling '...
Never stop smiling not even when you're sad,, someone might fall in love with your smile.
.................. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
' Integrity '...
If we are true to ourselves,, we can not be false to anyone.
.................. William Shakespeare
' To Rescue Humanity '...
Love is the only way to rescue humanity from all ills.
................. Leo Tolstoy
' Revenge '...
While you are meditating revenge,, the devil is meditating a recruit.
............... Francois de Malherbe
' Esoteric and Mystical Knowledge '...
Everything that is sacred and that wishes to remain so,, must envelop itself in mystery.
........................ Stephane Mallarme
' The Actions of Love '...
The great acts of love,, are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness.
................. Victor Hugo
' Love with Passion '...
One-half,, the finest half,, of life is hidden from the man who does not love with passion.
.................. Stendhal
' The Truth will Burst Open '...
If you shut up truth and bury it under the ground,, it will but grow,, and gather to itself such explosive power that the day it bursts through, it will blow up everything in its way.
...................... Emile Zola
' Be Aware '...
Do not wait for life.. Do not long for it.. Be aware,, always and at every moment,, that the miracle is in the here and now.
.......................... Marcel Proust
' Three Important Things '...
Three things in human life are important.. The first is to be kind.. The second is to be kind.. And the third is to be kind.
.................Henry James
' Realms of Consciousness '...
There are vast realms of consciousness still undreamed of -vast ranges of experience,, like humming of unseen harps,, we know nothing of,, within us.
..................... D. H. Lawrence
' A Tear Waiting '...
A flower without a stem,, is beauty waiting to die.. A heart without love,, is a tear waiting to cry.
............... Octavio Paz
' The Evidence of Freedom '...
We have to laugh.. Because laughter,, we already know,, is the first evidence of freedom.
............... Rosario Castellanos
' The Shadow of Divinity '...
Love beauty, it is the shadow of God on the universe
............. Gabriela Mistral
' If I Knew '...
If I knew that today would be the last time I’d see you,, I would hug you tight and pray the Lord be the keeper of your soul.. If I knew that this would be the last time you pass through this door,, I’d embrace you,, kiss you,, and call you back for one more.. If I knew that this would be the last time I would hear your voice,, I’d take hold of each word to be able to hear it over and over again.. If I knew this is the last time I see you,, I’d tell you I love you,, and would not just assume foolishly you know it already.
................... Gabriel Garcia Marquez
' Time and Money '...
Spend your money on the things money can buy.. Spend your time on the things money can’t buy.
............... Haruki Murakami
' Divine Consciousness '...
Without consciousness and intelligence,, the universe would lack meaning.
.................. Clifford D. Simak
' Astounding Ourselves '...
If we did all the things we are capable of doing,, we would literally astound ourselves.
.............. Thomas A. Edison
' This Trivial World '...
Whoever wants music instead of noise,, joy instead of pleasure,, soul instead of gold,, creative work instead of business,, passion instead of foolery,, finds no home in this trivial world of ours.
................. Hermann Hesse
' 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
' A Sin Against the Mind '...
The deepest sin against the human mind, is to believe things without evidence.
................. Aldous Huxley
' Returning Home '...
You are a divine being.. You matter,, you count.. You come from realms of unimaginable power and light,, and you will return to those realms.
............... Terence McKenna
' What is Impossible ? '...
Nothing makes me more determined to succeed, than someone telling me something's impossible.
................. Jackie Chan
' No More Fear '...
I have no fear of death.. More important,, I don't fear life.
............... Steven Seagal
' Hating Truth '...
The further a society drifts from truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.
.................... George Orwell
' Know Thyself '...
Go into yourself, and see how deep the place is from which your life flows.
................. Rainer Maria Rilke
' All Else is Folly '...
Seize the moments of happiness,, love and be loved!.. That is the only reality in the world,, all else is folly.
............... Leo Tolstoy
' Grateful for Others '...
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy,, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
.............. Marcel Proust
' The Existence of Evil '...
The devil's finest trick, is to persuade you that he does not exist.
.............. Charles Baudelaire
' 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 within your Heart '..
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
' What Remains ? '...
Thoughts come and go.. Feelings come and go.. Find out what it is that remains.
............ Ramana Maharshi
' Realize '...
Do not Pretend - Be... Do not Promise - Act... Do not Dream - Realize.
.............. Mirra Alfassa
' Our Actual Enemy '...
Our actual enemy is not any force exterior to ourselves,, but our own crying weaknesses,, our cowardice,, our selfishness,, our hypocrisy,, our purblind sentimentalism.
................... Sri Aurobindo
' Turning Pain into Joy '...
The most important lesson that man can learn from life,, is not that there is pain in this world,, but that it is possible for him to transmute it into joy.
................... Rabindranath Tagore
' A Changed Person '...
We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love.. It is a happy chance if we,, changing,, continue to love a changed person.
....................... W. Somerset Maugham
' Love Fears Nothing '...
Love endures everything, love is stronger than death, love fears nothing.
........... Saint Mary Faustina Kowalska
' Seeking Truth '...
When you seek truth,, you seek God, whether you know it or not.
........... Edith Stein
' Heaven on Earth '...
I have found heaven on earth,, since heaven is God,, and God is in my soul.
................ Elizabeth of the Trinity
' Conversations with Source '...
I have abandoned all particular forms of devotion,, all prayer techniques.. My only prayer practice is attention.. I carry on a habitual, silent, and secret conversation with God that fills me with overwhelming joy.
.................... Brother Lawrence
' The Dangers of this Century '...
I consider that the chief dangers which confront the coming century will be religion without the Holy Ghost,, Christianity without Christ,, forgiveness without repentance,, salvation without regeneration,, politics without God,, and heaven without hell.
............... William Booth
' This is my Symphony '...
To live content with small means;, to seek elegance rather than luxury,, and refinement rather than fashion;, to be worthy,, not respectable,, and wealthy,, not rich; to listen to stars and birds,, babes and sages,, with open heart;, to study hard;, to think quietly,, act frankly,, talk gently,, await occasions,, hurry never;, in a word,, to let the spiritual,, unbidden and unconscious,, grow up through the common - this is my symphony.
......................... William Ellery Channing
' Creating Self '...
The way in which I create myself is by means of a quest.. I go out into the world in order to come back with a self.
................... Mikhail Bakhtin
' Eternal Life '...
The eternal life, is given to those who live in the present.
.................. Ludwig Wittgenstein
' The Truth of Art '...
The truth of art, lies in its power to break the monopoly of established reality, to define what is real.
...................... Herbert Marcuse
' The Desire for Power '..
The lust for power is not rooted in strength,, but in weakness.
................... Erich Fromm
' Forever a Student '...
All of life is education, and everybody is a teacher, and everybody is forever a pupil.
........................ Abraham Maslow
' You are Responsible ''...
There is no teacher,, living or past,, who can give us the actual understanding of truth.. A teacher can only put our feet upon the path and point the way.. That is all.. It is wholly dependent on the individual to make his way to truth.
................ Paul Twitchell
' The Clarity of Heart '...
When you are introduced
to the clarity inside of you,,
to the simplicity inside of you,,
to that beauty inside of you,,
the journey of life begins.
..................Prem Rawat
' The Breath of Source '...
The vibrations on the air are the breath of God speaking to man's soul.. Music is the language of God.. We musicians are as close to God as man can be.. We hear his voice,, we read his lips,, we give birth to the children of God,, who sing his praise.. That's what musicians are.
................Ludwig van Beethoven
' Looking for Love '...
Instead of looking for love,, give it;.. constantly renew it in yourself and you will always feel its presence within you.. It will always be there smiling at you,, gazing on you kindly.
........... Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov
' Without Love '...
Love resolves all contradictions.. Without love,, man cannot make sense of his existence.
................. Peter Deunov
' Only an Illusion '...
Everything is just electricity and magnetism;.. everything is only an illusion.. The reality is in the spiritual plane.
................... Lobsang Rampa
' Out There '...
When we finally give up the struggle to find fulfillment "out there,".. we have nowhere to go but within.. It is at this moment of total surrender that a new light begins to dawn.
....................... Shakti Gawain
' The Mirror of the Soul '...
Eyes so transparent, that through them the soul is seen.
................... Theophile Gautier
' Live in the Now Moment '...
Live now,, believe me,, wait not till tomorrow;.. Gather the roses of life today.
................... Pierre de Ronsard
' Seeing the Buddha '...
Not thinking about anything is zen.. Once you know this, walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is zen.. To know that the mind is empty is to see the buddha.... Using the mind to reality is delusion.. Not using the mind to look for reality is awareness.. Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
.............. Bodhidharma
' Anger Hurts '...
Sometimes it's better to be kind than to be right.. We do not need an intelligent mind that speaks,, but a patient heart that listens.. You will not be punished for your anger,, you will be punished by your anger
........ Gautama the Buddha
' In the End '...
In the end,, that's what we all need more than anything else:.. to be there for each other,, in every kind of situation.
................ Pema Chodron
' Untouched and Untasted '...
We usually do not look into what is really there in front of us.. We see life through a screen of thoughts and concepts,, and we mistake those mental objects for reality.. We get so caught up in this endless thought-stream that reality flows by unnoticed.. We spend our time engrossed in activity,, caught up in an eternal flight from pain and unpleasantness.. We spend our energies trying to make ourselves feel better,, trying to bury our fears.. We are endlessly seeking security.. Meanwhile,, the world of real experience flows by untouched and untasted.
.................Henepola Gunaratana
' Your Guru '...
Anything which is troubling you,, anything which is irritating you,, THAT is your teacher.
............... Ajahn Chah
' The Garden of Soul '...
The heart is like a garden.. It can grow compassion or fear,, resentment or love.. What seeds will you plant there?
....................Jack Kornfield
' Real Fearlessness '...
Real fearlessness is the product of tenderness.. It comes from letting the world tickle your heart,, your raw and beautiful heart.. You are willing to open up,, without resistance or shyness,, and face the world.. You are willing to share your heart with others.
...................Chogyam Trungpa
' All Is Source '...
Divinity is in all things, in such a way that all things are in Divinity.
................. Nicholas of Cusa
' Inflation Destroys Nations '...
Nations are not ruined by one act of violence,, but gradually and in an almost imperceptible manner by the depreciation of their circulating currency,, through its excessive quantity.
.......... Nicolaus Copernicus ( Mathematician )
' An Open Mind '...
Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth.. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.
............. Aristotle
' Self Education '...
Do not be embarrassed by your mistakes.. Nothing can teach us better than our understanding of them.. This is one of the best ways of self-education.
.................... Thomas Carlyle
' Love Completes Your Life '...
This is my wish for you:.. Comfort on difficult days,, smiles when sadness intrudes,, rainbows to follow the clouds,, laughter to kiss your lips,, sunsets to warm your heart,, hugs when spirits sag,, beauty for your eyes to see,, friendships to brighten your being,, faith so that you can believe,, confidence for when you doubt,, courage to know yourself,, patience to accept the truth,, Love to complete your life.
..................... Ralph Waldo Emerson
' The Sacred 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
' Speaking to the Heart '...
For it was not into my ear you whispered,, but into my heart.. It was not my lips you kissed,, but my soul.
...................... Judy Garland
' Someone Started Loving Me '...
When I got enough confidence,, the stage was gone.. When I was sure of losing,, I won.. When I needed people the most,, they left me..When I learnt to dry my tears,, I found a shoulder to cry on.. And when I mastered the art of hating,, somebody started loving me..
................ William Shakespeare
' The Monsters '...
The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls.
..................... Edgar Allan Poe
' The Heart Knows '...
Look into your own heart because who looks outside,, dreams, but who looks inside,, Awakes.
.................. Jane Austen
' A Secret of Life '...
One of the secrets of life is that,, all that is really worth the doing,, is what we do for others.
............. Lewis Carroll
' A World of Miracles '...
The whole world is a series of miracles,, but we're so used to them we call them ordinary things.
.................. Hans Christian Andersen
' You Become Free '...
I think when you move past your fear,, and you go after your dreams wholeheartedly,, you become free.
...................... LL Cool J
' Seeking Happiness '...
Happiness is a butterfly,, which when pursued,, is always just beyond your grasp,, but which, if you will sit down quietly,, may alight upon you.
................ Nathaniel Hawthorne
' The Divinity Within '...
What lies behind you and what lies in front of you,, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.
.................. Ralph Waldo Emerson
' The Pilgrim Path '...
One step at a time,, is all it takes to get you there.
................ Emily Dickinson
' Returning to Source '...
We shall not cease from exploration,, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started,, and know the place for the first time.
..................... T. S. Eliot
' Finding Peace '...
If you cannot find peace within yourself,, you will never find it anywhere else.
.................. Marvin Gaye
' The Art of the Teacher '...
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
................ Albert Einstein
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