' I Love You,, Because '...
I love you because I love you, because it would be impossible not to love you. I love you without question, without calculation, without reason good or bad, faithfully, with all my heart and soul, and every faculty.
............................ Juliette Drouet
' Enrichment '...
Our mind is enriched by what we receive, our heart by what we give.
.......................... Victor Hugo
' Do not wait for Life '...
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
' Life is a Predicament '...
Life is a predicament which precedes death.
.......................... Henry James
' The Greatest Revolution '...
The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.
................................... William James
' Actions speak louder than Words '...
Do not tell them how to do it. Show them how to do it and do not say a word. If you tell them, they will watch your lips move. If you show them, they will want to do it themselves.
............................. Maria Montessori
' Peace '...
Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.
............................ Albert Einstein
' Truth is Hated within this Dream '...
No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
....................... Plato
' The Struggle to Live '...
The more you struggle to live, the less you live. Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing. Instead, surrender to what is real within you, for that alone is sure....you are above everything distressing.
.................................. Baruch Spinoza
' History Teaches '...
What history teaches us is that neither nations nor governments ever learn anything from it.
............................ Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
' A Profundity of Worldview '...
When I read the Upanishads, which are part of Vedanta, I found a profundity of worldview that made my Christianity seem like third grade.
..................................... Huston Smith
' My Conscience is Captive '...
Unless I am convicted by Scripture and plain reason-I do not accept the authority of popes and councils, for they have contradicted each other-my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I cannot do otherwise. God help me. Amen.
............................. Martin Luther
' The Casuality of Common Sense '...
In any war, the first casualty is common sense, and the second is free and open discussion.
............................... James Reston, Jr.
' Home '...
Home is not where you were born; home is where all your attempts to escape cease.
.......................... Naguib Mahfouz
' The Purpose of Silence '...
The purpose of Meditation is to still the constant movement of the mind..which is the ego attachment.. by falling into the Silence, you fall into the Awakening from this Dream... The soul is seeking Truth even if it costs them their life... the name of their God is Truth.............................. thomas
' The Creator '...
There is no help for you, outside yourself; You are the creator of the universe.
.......................... Swami Vivekananda
' The Fullness of Life '...
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.
....................... Melody Beattie
' The Purpose in Life '...
The purpose in life is not to win. The purpose in life is to grow and to share. "When you come to look back on all that you have done in life, you will get more satisfaction from the pleasure you have brought into other people's lives than you will from the times that you outdid and defeated them.
...................................... Harold S. Kushner
' From Dust '...
...the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
.............................. Moses
' O' My Son '...
O my son! The dunya (world) is a deep ocean in which many have drowned! Let your ship be taqwallah (fear of Allah), and load your ship with Iman-billah (believe in Allah), and let her sail be tawakkal (trust) on Allah! Insha'Allah you will survive then.
................................. Luqman
' Hand-in-Hand '...
I hope to see the two great religions, Islam and Christianity, hand-in-hand, embracing each other. Then the Torah and the Bible and the Qur’an will become books supporting one another being read everywhere, and respected by every nation … [I am] looking forward to seeing Muslims read the Torah and the Bible.
....................................... Muhammad Abduh
' While Still Alive '...
All people go to Allah after their death, but the happy person is the one who goes to Allah while still alive.
............................... Sayyid Qutb
' Soul and Source '...
The Division of Soul and Source,,, this is the problem to be solved.. Once a name is given,, it departs from you.. you create the Duality... Freedom from Reality ?... the Hologram is complete, and we are three dimensional................... thomas
' Understanding Original Source '...
Yes,, Religions make a good living as Actors,,,be they real or false... Everyone loves a Story... you must mentally admit to a Source of this Creative Life-force Manifestation... that intregues all Life Forms...Spirituality is your Hope ... the Meeting of Minds.............. thomas
' Yes,, Pretty ! '...
To my mind, a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful, and pretty, yes pretty! There are too many unpleasant things in life as it is without creating still more of them.
.................................. Pierre-Auguste Renoir
' Simplicity '...
The more simple we are, the more complete we become.
.......................... Auguste Rodin
' I Set Him Free '...
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.
....................... Michelangelo
' Practice Knowledge '...
Practice what you know, and it will help to make clear what now you do not know.
................................ Rembrand
' Finding Salvation '...
The act of painting is about one heart telling another heart where he found salvation.
.......................... Francisco Goya
' The View of History '...
Both the historian and the novelist view history as the struggle of a tiny minority, able and determined to make judgments, which is up against a vast and densely packed majority of the blind, who are led by their instincts and unable to think for themselves.
..................................... Lion Feuchtwanger
' Ego First in Decision '...
Why look for conspiracy when stupidity can explain so much
............................ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
' A New and Wonderful World '...
When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds; your mind transcends limitations; your conscious expands in every direction; and you find yourself in a great, new and wonderful world.
.............................. Patanjali
' The Light Within '...
The light is within. It is already there. Take your time to see it.
.............................. Swami Satchidananda
' The Divine Within '...
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
' The Quality of Life '...
Having a good home, eating good food, wearing good clothes, are a means to living well; they are not the goals of our life. The quality of your life is decided by how peaceful and joyful you are.
................................ Jaggi Vasudev
' Discover Yourself '...
Discover yourself, otherwise you have to depend on other people's opinions who don't know themselves.
.............................. Rajneesh
' Be Sincere '...
Be sincere in your thoughts, Be pure in your feelings. You will not have to run after happiness. Happiness will run after you.
...................... Sri Chinmoy
' Realizing True Self '...
2. “Realize that you are the essence of divinity, limitless and eternal.”
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3. “The ultimate goal of life is to realize your true self and attain liberation from the cycle of birth and death.”
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4. “The world is an illusion; only the Self is real.”
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5. “You are not separate from the universe; you are interconnected with all beings and things.”
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6. “Let go of attachments and desires; they bind you to suffering.”
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7. “True happiness is found within, not in external possessions or achievements.”
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8. “Meditate on the Self and experience the profound peace that surpasses all understanding.”
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9. “Identify yourself with the unchanging consciousness, not with the ever-changing body and mind.”
............................. Vedanta
' When Evil Increases '...
When goodness grows weak
When evil increases,
I make myself a body.
In every age I come back
To deliver the holy,
To destroy the sin of the sinner
To establish righteousness.
....................... Bhagavad Gita
' Source is One '...
How precious is your steadfast love, O God, for with you is the fountain of Life; in your light we see light.
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God’s kindness toward his creature is greater than that of a mother toward her babe.
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Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.
....................................... Judaism
' Aquire Knowledge '...
God is a unity and likes unity.
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He who knows his own Self knows God.
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Acquire knowledge. It enables the possesor to distinguish between right and wrong; it is our friend in the desert and our society in solitude, our companion when friendless; it guides us in happiness and sustains us in misery; it is an ornament among friends and armour against enemies.
.......................................... Islam
' Words from a Mystic '...
The Kingdom of Heaven is Within.
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In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God.
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A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another as I have loved you. He who keeps my commandment loves me and I will love him and appear to him.
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Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God. Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom. I and my father are One.
............................ Christianity
' The True Religion '...
Goodwill toward all beings is the true religion; cherish in your heart boundless goodwill to all that lives.
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Hatreds never cease by hatreds in this world. By love alone do they cease. This is an ancient law.
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Let us inspect our thoughts that we do no evil, for as we sow so shall we reap.
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He who knows the nature of his Self and understands how his senses act, will find no room for the “I” and will attain peace unending. The world holds to the thought of “I”; from this arises false understanding.
..................................... Buddhism
' Wisdom '...
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
' Between Heart and Mind '...
In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart..................... Swami Vivekananda
' Here and Now '...
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
' Worth the Truth '...
The worst part about being lied to is knowing you werent worth the truth
.............................. Jean-Paul Sartre
' The Three Stages of Truth '...
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
............................... Arthur Schopenhauer
' Understanding Life '...
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
............................ Soren Kierkegaard
' Illusions Destroyed '...
Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.
............................... Friedrich Nietzsche
' Gratitude '...
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.
................................ Melody Beattie
' The Pinnacle of Success '...
You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments, or publicity.
......................... Thomas Wolfe
' The Exploring Mind '...
The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
................................ John Steinbeck
' The Brevity of Dream '...
The life so brief, the art so long in the learning, the attempt so hard, the conquest so sharp, the fearful joy that ever slips away so quickly - by all this I mean love, which so sorely astounds my feeling with its wondrous operation, that when I think upon it I scarce know whether I wake or sleep.
............................... Geoffrey Chaucer
' Seeing the Reality '...
The fullness of joy is to behold God in everything.
God is the ground, the substance,
the teaching, the teacher,
the purpose, and the reward for which every soul labors.
...................... Julian of Norwich
' The Inner Stillness '...
In the inner stillness where meditation leads, the Spirit secretly anoints the soul and heals our deepest wounds.
....................... John of the Cross
' Great Things are Simple '...
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
....................................... Winston Churchill
' Is God Real ?'...
Source does Exist ,, By whatever nomenclature that you prefer...Liberation from the false self (ego) by surrendering the Desire of Existence will give Love and Wisdom from and to the space of Light............... Namaste, thomas
' All that we Are '...
All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become.
......................... Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
' Searching for the Witness '...
My approach is that we are not searching for experiences here. We are trying to know the one who experiences all experiences. Our search is for the witness. Who is this observer? Who is this consciousness? Sometimes it feels sad, sometimes it feels happy; sometimes it is so high, flying in the sky, and sometimes so down. Who is this watcher of all these games? - high and low, happy, unhappy, in heaven and hell. Who is this watcher? To know this watcher is to know God. And you are already it - just a little awakening is needed... no search but only awakening.
............................... Rajneesh
' To have Meaning '...
It is only when we realize that life is taking us nowhere that it begins to have meaning.
........................... P.D. Ouspensky
' Real Love '...
Real love is a cosmic force which goes through us. If we crystallize it, it becomes the greatest power in the world.
............................. G. I. Gurdjieff
' Your Reactions '...
You cannot stop destructive actions by others, but you can stop your own destructive reactions to them
............................... Vernon Howard
' Smile '...
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
...................................... Joseph Addison
' The Body '...
The body, like everything else in life, is a mirror of our inner thoughts and beliefs. Every cell within your body responds to every single thought you think and every word you speak.
............................... Louise Hay
' Negativity '...
All negativity is caused by an accumulation of psychological time and denial of the present. Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry - all forms of fear - are caused by too much future, and not enough presence. Guilt, regret, resentment, grievances, sadness, bitterness, and all forms of nonforgiveness are caused by too much past, and not enough presence.
........................ Eckhart Tolle
' Creating Miracles '...
Once you feel grateful, you are in an energy that can create miracles.
......................... Joe Vitale
' Positive Thinking '...
Think positive thoughts, intensely. Grow enthusiastic images, boldly. Speak only wonderful words to yourself, constantly. Feel fantastic, NOW! This colors your view of the world. Like a magnet, you attract the resources necessary to manifest the world you desire.
.............................. Mark Victor Hansen
' Never Blame '...
Never blame anyone in your life. Good people give you happiness. Bad people give you experience. Worst people give you a lesson. And best people give you memories.
................................. Zig Ziglar
' Death is a Challenge '...
Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time... It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other.
........................ Leo Buscaglia
' Planning '...
You can plan for a hundred years. But you don't know what will happen the next moment.
.............................. Neem Karoli Baba
' We Become '...
All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become.
.............................. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
' Experiences '...
My approach is that we are not searching for experiences here. We are trying to know the one who experiences all experiences. Our search is for the witness. Who is this observer? Who is this consciousness? Sometimes it feels sad, sometimes it feels happy; sometimes it is so high, flying in the sky, and sometimes so down. Who is this watcher of all these games? - high and low, happy, unhappy, in heaven and hell. Who is this watcher? To know this watcher is to know God. And you are already it - just a little awakening is needed... no search but only awakening.
................................ Rajneesh
' Be Quiet '...
Be quiet in your mind, quiet in your senses, and also quiet in your body. Then, when all these are quiet, don't do anything. In that state truth will reveal itself to you.
.............................. Kabir
' There is Pain '...
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
' The Secret to Life '...
The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.
................... W. Somerset Maugham
' The Mystical 'I'...
When the Spirit of the Lord is upon you, you are ordained, but you are not ordained to be set apart. You are ordained to heal the sick, to comfort, to feed, to forgive. That is the purpose of ordination~ not that you may be glorified but that you may be better equipped to give more abundantly, to share more freely, to understand more universally that it is not only the children of your flesh who are your children, but that all children of this world are your children, and you have an equal responsibility to share with them.
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You must be able to look out upon this world and say unto it: "The Spirit of God in me is your Father. You may look to the Father within me for substance and sustenance. You, friend or so-called foe, may look to the Spirit of God in me, the fatherhood of God in me, for your care."
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Then you will understand this relationship that has been kept secret from the world, the invisible bond that exists among all mystics. The visible and invisible mystics of the world who have recognized I standing at the door of their consciousness, are eternally united in consciousness, sharing with one another.
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I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it.
-- Revelation 3:8
...................................... Joel S. Goldsmith, The Mystical 'I'...
' Trust '...
Trust is the state of non-ego with another soul ,, but, the ego is strong within the desire of matter, to bring wealth to the ego character.. thus friends and relatives will often test your Trust................................thomas
' Power of Belief '...
If you believe it will work out , you'll see opportunities. If you believe it won't you will see obstacles.
........................... Wayne Dyer
' Intuition '...
To whatever degree you listen and follow your intuition, you become a creative channel for the higher power of the universe.
............................ Shakti Gawain
' Boredom '...
There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But there's no excuse for boredom, ever.
........................ Viggo Mortensen
' An Age in Decline '...
I think that - apart from the fields of science and medicine - we live in an age of decline. Look at the world. There is decline in morals, ideals, manners, respect, truthfulness: just about everything, in fact.
........................... Christopher Lee
' Life is a Play '...
Try and understand what part you have to play in the world in which you live. There's more to life than you know and it's all happening out there. Discover what part you can play and then go for it.
............................... Ian Mckellen
' Life is an Adventure '...
It simply isn't an adventure worth telling if there aren't any dragons.
....................... J. R. R. Tolkien
' Fear '...
The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown
......................... H. P. Lovecraft
' The Awakening '...
Sometimes, the most profound of awakenings come wrapped in the quietest of moments.
....................... Stephen Crane
' More than All '...
Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; who sows a field, or trains a flower, or plants a tree, is more than all.
................................. John Greenleaf Whittier
' Courtesy '...
How sweet and gracious, even in common speech, Is that fine sense which men call Courtesy! Wholesome as air and genial as the light, Welcome in every clime as breath of flowers, It transmutes aliens into trusting friends, And gives its owner passport round the globe.
........................ James Thomas Fields
' A Fleeting Breath '...
This Life is a fleeting breath, And whither and how shall I go, When I wander away with Death By a path that I do not know.
.......................... Louise Chandler Moulton
' Profoundly in Silence '...
The Wise Man believes profoundly in silence - the sign of a perfect equilibrium. Silence is the absolute poise or balance of body, mind and spirit. The man who preserves his selfhood ever calm and unshaken by the storms of existence - not a leaf, as it were, astire on the tree, not a ripple upon the surface of the shinning pool-his, in the mind of the unlettered sage, is the ideal attitude and conduct of life. Silence is the cornerstone of character.
............................... Charles Alexander Eastman
' The First Peace '...
The first peace, which is the most important,
is that which comes within the souls of people
when they realize their relationship,
their oneness with the universe and all its powers,
and when they realize that at the center of the universe
dwells the Great Spirit,
and that this center is really everywhere,
it is within each of us.
................... Black Elk
' Evil is Evident within the Hologram '...
"Hell is empty and all the devils are here." ..................... William Shakespeare
'Trust over Doubt '...
Love is weak when there is more doubt than there is trust, but love is most strong when you learn to trust even with all the doubts. If a thing loves, it is infinite.
.................................... William Blake
' The Labor of Thinking '...
There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking.
.......................... Joshua Reynolds
' Fruitless Efforts '...
He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
..................................... Samuel Johnson
' The Foundation of Knowledge '...
Truth is the foundation of all knowledge and the cement of all societies.
...................... John Dryden
' I was Promised '...
I was promised on a time
To have reason for my rhyme;
From that time unto this season,
I received nor rhyme nor reason.
........................... Edmund Spenser
' Working on Manifestation '...
The eye sees all, but the mind shows us what we want to see.
.................................. William Shakespeare
' The Ego Reacts '...
How natural it is to destroy what we cannot possess, to deny what we do not understand, and to insult what we envy!
............................. Honore de Balzac
' The Finest Hour '...
I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.
...................... Vince Lombardi
' A Farmer named Fleming '...
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Imagine a humble Scottish farmer named Fleming toiling away on his farm, when suddenly, piercing screams shatter the tranquility. Without a second thought, he abandons his tools and races towards the distress. What he finds is a child struggling in the swamp, trapped and drowning. With no hesitation, Fleming risks his own life, using a long branch to pull the child to safety.
The very next day, a luxurious car pulls up to Fleming's modest home. Out steps a distinguished gentleman—Randolph Churchill, the father of the boy Fleming saved. Churchill offers to repay the farmer's bravery with riches, but Fleming refuses, saying, "Saving someone is my duty; humanity has no price."................................
Just then, Fleming's own son appears at the door. Churchill, intrigued, asks, "Is this your son?" When Fleming proudly confirms, Churchill proposes an intriguing deal: if Fleming won't accept his money, he'll fund the boy’s education at the finest schools, ensuring he gets the same opportunities as Churchill's own child..............................
Fleming, realizing the chance to give his son a future he could never afford, gratefully accepts. His son goes on to attend St Mary's Medical School in London and becomes Sir Alexander Fleming, the inventor of penicillin.....................
But here’s where the story comes full circle: years later, it is penicillin that saves the life of Winston Churchill, Randolph’s son, who would become the Prime Minister of Britain twice. ............................
Isn’t it fascinating how a single act of kindness can ripple through history, connecting lives in such unexpected ways?
..............................#Humanity #Kindness #History #Inspiration #Penicillin #WinstonChurchill #AlexanderFleming #LifeChanging #Coincidence
' To Desire 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
' No Secrets '...
People who have no secrets from each other never want for a subject of conversation. They do not weigh their words, for there is nothing to be held back, neither do they seek for something to say. They talk out of the abundance of their heart, without consideration they say just what they think. Blessed are they who attain to such familiar, unreserved intercourse with God.
.............................. Francois Fenelon
' Personal Experience '...
The worst derangement of the spirit is to believe things because we want them to be so, not because we have seen them for what they are.
................................. Jacques-Benigne Bossuet
' Enlightened Thoughts '...
With an open mind, seek and listen to all the highest ideals. Consider the most enlightened thoughts. Then choose your path, person by person, each for oneself.
................................. Zoroaster
' Sufi Islam '...
I am no one in existence but myself......
Ibn Arabi (The Universal Tree and the Four Birds)
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Patience is the key to happiness........
Rumi (The Masnavi – Book III, Story XI, 1258 – 1273)
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I am the drop that contains the ocean.....
Yunus Emre
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The thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires.....
Omar Khayyam (The Rubaiyat – LXIV, 1120)
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Only the word “I” divides me from God.....
Yunus Emre
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From each, love demands a mystic silence....
Attar of Nishapur (Intoxicated by the Wine of Love)
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The true man attaches his heart to none but God.
Bayazid Bastami (Quoted by Attar in the Memorial of the Saints)
......... Bulleh Shah
' The Advanced Stage '...
“Anyone who is steady in his determination for the advanced stage of spiritual realization and can equally tolerate the onslaughts of distress and happiness is certainly a person eligible for liberation.”
.......................... A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, The Bhagavad-gita
' The End of Suffering '...
“The happiness which comes from long practice, which leads to the end of suffering, which at first is like poison, but at last like nectar - this kind of happiness arises from the serenity of one's own mind.”
........................ Ved Vyasa, The Bhagavad Gita
' A Mass of Spiritual Thought '...
“India is the meeting place of the religions and among these Hinduism alone is by itself a vast and complex thing, not so much a religion as a great diversified and yet subtly unified mass of spiritual thought, realization and aspiration.” ......................... Sri Aurobindo
' Sacrificial Beings '...
Let us ask God to make us true in our love, to make us sacrificial beings, for it seems to me that sacrifice is only love put into action.
.............................. Elizabeth of the Trinity
' The Inner Stillness '...
In the inner stillness where meditation leads, the Spirit secretly anoints the soul and heals our deepest wounds.
........................... John of the Cross
' Speaking to Divine Consciousness '...
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
' Have Patience '...
Have patience with all things - but first with yourself. Never confuse your mistakes with your value as a human being. You are perfectly valuable, creative, worthwhile person simply because you exist. And no amount of triumphs or tribulations can ever change that.
.............................. Saint Francis de Sales
' The Reason for Music '...
What I have in my heart and soul - must find a way out. That's the reason for music.
........................... Ludwig van Beethoven
' The Unfettered Mind '...
I have only one thing to say to the melancholy man: 'Look into the distance.' ... When you look at the stars or the ocean's expanse, your eye is completely relaxed; once your eye is relaxed, your mind is unfettered.
....................... Emile Chartier
' Attention '...
Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
...................... Simone Weil
' Seeking Truth '...
When you seek truth, you seek God whether you know it or not.
............................ Edith Stein
' Time Howling '...
For most men, time moves slowly, oh so slowly, they don't even realize it. But time has revealed itself to me in a very special way. Time is a rushing, howling wind that rages past me, withering me in a single, relentless blast, and then continues on. I've been sitting here passively, submissive to its rage, watching its work. Listen! Time, howling, withering!
.................................. Barnabas
' Love is Patient '...
Love is patient, love is kind, and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own [will], is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
................................. Paul the Apostle
' Prayer '...
He prays best who does not know that he is praying.
......................... Saint Anthony of Padua
' Rearranging the Universe '...
So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You'd better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can't rearrange the universe.
............................. Isaac Asimov
' WAR '...
The surest way to work up a crusade in favor of some good cause is to promise people they will have a chance of maltreating someone. To be able to destroy with good conscience, to be able to behave badly and call your bad behavior 'righteous indignation' — this is the height of psychological luxury, the most delicious of moral treats.
------------------------------ Aldous Huxley
' Mystical Speech '...
Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message.
................................. Umberto Eco
' If You Tried '...
Don’t you wonder sometimes, what might have happened if you tried?
------------------------- Kazuo Ishiguro
' Be Soft '...
Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.
----------------------------- Kurt Vonnegut
' Reading Philosophy '...
The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - which you had thought special and particular to you. And now, here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out, and taken yours
------------------------ Alan Bennett
' We are not Alone '...
We don't live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other. And I tell you that the time will soon come when if men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish. Good night.
--------------------------- J. B. Priestley
' Become Quiet '...
Be quiet in your mind, quiet in your senses, and also quiet in your body. Then, when all these are quiet, don't do anything. In that state truth will reveal itself to you.
--------------------------- Kabir
' Watch your Thoughts '...
Do not allow yourself to suppress your thoughts. Instead, let the thoughts come before you and become a sort of observer. Start observing your own mind. Do not try to escape; do not be afraid of your thinking.
-------------------------- Rama Swami
' Reasons for Seeking '...
If you come to doubt, I'll give you every reason to doubt. If you come suspicious, I'll give you every reason to be suspicious. But if you come seeking Love, I'll show you more love than you've ever known
----------------------------- Mahavatar Babaji
' Inspiration '...
When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds; your mind transcends limitations; your conscious expands in every direction; and you find yourself in a great, new and wonderful world.
------------------------------------ Patanjali
' Gaining Peace '...
Peace comes not from doing, but from undoing; not from getting, but from letting go.
---------------------------- Swami Satchidananda
' 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 Power of Prayer '...
You are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receive back.
-------------------- Wayne Dyer
' Nothing is True '...
No-Thing is True... this is the Nothingness responsible for the Birth of Consciousness............ thomas
'The Science of Nature '...
The truth is, the Science of Nature has been already too long made only a work of the Brain and the Fancy: It is now high time that it should return to the plainness and soundness of Observations on material and obvious things.
------------------------ Robert Hooke
' Science Seeking Truth '...
Little science takes you away from God but more of it takes you to Him.
----------------------- Louis Pasteur
' The Simplicity of Truth '...
Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.
---------------------------- Isaac Newton
' Revenge '...
He harms himself who does harm to another, and the evil plan is most harmful to the planner.
------------------------------ Hesiod
' The Causes of Things '...
Happy the man who has been able to learn the causes of things.
...................... Virgil
' There are Doors '...
In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors.
------------------------------- William Blake
' Action '...
Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.
---------------------- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
' A Secret Conversation '...
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
' Be Not Angry '...
Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.
........................ Saint Thomas a Kempis
' Christian Love '...
Christian love means two things at once: to recognize the Lord in one's neighbor and to recognize one's neighbor in the Lord.
----------------------- Adrienne von Speyr
' Work on Yourself '...
You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.
------------------------------ James Anthony Froude
' Definite Service '...
God has created me to do him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which he has not committed to another. I have my mission; I never may know it in this life, but I shall be told it in the next. I have a part in a great work; I am a link in a chain, a bond of connection between persons. He has not created me for naught. I shall do good, I shall do His work; I shall be an angel of peace, a preacher of truth in my own place, while not intending it, if I do but keep His commandments and serve Him in my calling.
--------------------- John Henry Newman
' Inner Guidance '...
Every time you don't follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness.
---------------------------- Shakti Gawain
' A Mystical Prayer '...
"Veni Sancte Spiritus" is a mystical prayer, used to achieve unity with the Divine Spark that lies deep within you. Today, after seeing spiritual and religious core truths corrupted and externalized to such an extent, it's nessecary to emphasize and reclaim this original understanding that can be found in almost every mystical tradition on earth. It's not about external things, but about you connecting with the Divine Dimension, hidden deep in yourself, overcoming the actual state of lower ego. Once this inner connection is made, its higher forces illuminate ones being and liberate from illusion, disconnection and external control. It's about time to reclaim what is ours............. By Patrick
' Conversation '...
Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood.
----------------------------------- William Shakespeare
' The Essence of Vedanta '...
The essence of Vedanta is that there is but one Being and that every soul is that Being in full, not a part of that Being.
-------------------------------- Swami Vivekananda
' The World of Science '...
Knowing how contented, free, and joyful is life in the world of science, one fervently wishes that many would enter its portals.
...................... Dmitri Mendeleev
' Atheist Scientist ?'...
To me it is unthinkable that a real atheist could be a scientist.
---------------------------- Robert Andrews Millikan
' The Atom '...
Matter, though divisible in an extreme degree, is nevertheless not infinitely divisible. That is, there must be some point beyond which we cannot go in the division of matter. ... I have chosen the word “atom” to signify these ultimate particles.
--------------------- John Dalton
' A Tight Spot '...
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
When you're down to nothing, God is up to something. The faithful see the invisible, believe the incredible and then receive the impossible............
Where liberty dwells there is my country.
------------------------------ Benjamin Franklin
' Watch out for Music '...
Watch out for music. It should come with a health warning. It can be dangerous. It can make you feel so alive, so connected to the people around you, and connected to what you really are inside. And it can make you think that the world should, and could, be a much better place. And just occasionally, it can make you very, very happy.
--------------------------- Peter Gabriel
' Faith '...
Faith is not a question of the existence or non-existence of God. It is believing that love without reward is valuable.
------------------------- Emmanuel Levinas
' The Absolute '...
A person is neither a thing nor a process but an opening through which the Absolute can manifest.
-------------------------------- Martin Heidegger
' True Poems '...
Only truthful hands write true poems. I cannot see any basic difference between a handshake and a poem.
------------------------- Paul Celan
' The Silence of Source '...
I drank the silence of God from a spring in the woods.
---------------------------- Georg Trakl
' Be Patient '...
Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.
------------------------------ Rainer Maria Rilke
' Your Sanctuary '...
Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself
---------------------------------- Hermann Hesse
' Aesop Says '...
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
---------------------------------- Aesop
' Few fear the Conscience '...
Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
............................. Pliny the Elder
' Prayer '...
Prayer is that which enables the soul to realize its divinity. Through prayer human beings worship absolute truth, and seek an eternal reward. Prayer is the foundation-stone of religion; and religion is the means by which the soul is purified of all that pollutes it. Prayer is the worship of the first cause of all things, the supreme ruler of all the world, the source of all strength. Prayer is the adoration of the one whose being is necessary.
................................ Avicenna
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