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Famous Quotes & Sayings“ If you don't know where you are going, any road will lead you there. ” “ Why should we use our creative power...? Because there is nothing that makes people so generous, joyful, lively, bold and compassionate, so indifferent to fighting and accumulation of objects and money. ” “ The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool. ” “ I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. ” “ Happiness and sorrow are the fruit of my own actions. ” “ I'm astounded by people who want to know the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown. ” “ To be feared is to fear: no one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind. ” “ As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent." "By all means marry. If you get a good wife you will become happy, and if you get a bad one you will become a philosopher. ” “ Silence has to be love-filled. Love actually inspires and moves all things towards their original freedom and happiness. ” “ It is impossible, therefore, that any arguments from experience can prove this resemblance of the past to the future; since all these arguments are founded on the supposition of that resemblance. Let the course of things be allowed hitherto ever so regular; that alone, without some new argument or inference, proves not that, for the future, it will continue so. ” “ The heart is like a flower - unless it is open it cannot release its fragrance into the world. The fragrance of the heart is made up of the qualities and virtues of our spirit. Most of us have learned how to keep our heart closed in a world that would trample all over us if we let it. Being open hearted today seems to require tremendous courage. It is a courage which comes only when we realise that no one can hurt us, no matter what they say or do. They may hurt our body, but if we have realised we are spirit, nothing outside can touch us, if we so decide. Little by little, practice opening your heart to those you think have hurt you. Realise it wasnt them that hurt you, it was yourself. And it taught you not to trust and you closed your heart. A closed heart is in need of opening. And when you do, you will have begun to heal yourself. ” “ Beyond mind, there is an awareness that is intrinsic, that is not given to you by the outside, and is not an idea -- and there is no experiment up to now that has found any center in the brain which corresponds to awareness. The whole work of meditation is to make you aware of all that is "mind" and disidentify yourself from it. That very separation is the greatest revolution that can happen to man. Now you can do and act on only that which makes you more joyous, fulfills you, gives you contentment, makes your life a work of art, a beauty. But this is possible only if the master in you is awake. Right now the master is fast asleep. And the mind, the servant, is playing the role of master. And the servant is created by the outside world, it follows the outside world and its laws. Once your awareness becomes a flame, it burns up the whole slavery that the mind has created. There is no blissfulness more precious than freedom, than being a master of your own destiny. ” “ Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods. ” “ Human beings can do whatever they set their minds to. With pure values we can move mountains. ” “ Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience. ” “ Have you ever noticed that resistance leads to persistence. And behind all resistance is self-created fear. The only way to relax and stay relaxed is acceptance. You don't have to agree, or follow, or condone, but acceptance means you begin any interaction with a serenity which invites others to engage with you. And out of engagement comes the satisfaction of creative expression and an enriching relationship. That's relaxation in action! ” “ You get more joy out of the giving to others, and should put a good deal of thought into the happiness you are able to give. ” “ Adventure is not outside man; it is within. ” “ A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men. ” “ Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl. ” “ Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day. ” “ If one does not know to which port is sailing, no wind is favorable. ” “ One may conquer a thousand men a thousand times in battle but he who conquers the self is the greatest conqueror. ” “ Whenever I attempt to frame a simple idea of time, abstracted from the succession of ideas in my mind, which flows uniformly, and is participated by all beings, I am lost and embrangled in inextricable difficulties. ” “ Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the contrary: rationalize them, understand them thoroughly. After that, it will be possible for you to sublimate them. ” “ I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. ” “ All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen. ” “ A child educated only at school is an uneducated child. ” “ It will free man from the remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet. ” “ Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you put on more clothes as the cold increases, it will have no power to hurt you. So in like manner you must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will then be powerless to vex your mind. ” “ Gentleness, love, humility and forgiveness are the greatest powers in the world. ” “ Every day we do things, we are things that have to do with peace. If we are aware of our life..., our way of looking at things, we will know how to make peace right in the moment, we are alive. ” “ When we come into contact with the other person, our thoughts and actions should express our mind of compassion, even if that person says and does things that are not easy to accept. We practice in this way until we see clearly that our love is not contingent upon the other person being lovable. ” “ Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt. ” “ What if you gave someone a gift, and they neglected to thank you for it - would you be likely to give them another? Life is the same way. In order to attract more of the blessings that life has to offer, you must truly appreciate what you already have. ” “ Zen is all-inclusive. It never denies, it never says no to anything; it accepts everything and transforms it into a higher reality. ” “ The way to overcome the angry man is with gentleness, the evil man with goodness, the miser with generosity and the liar with truth. ” “ Both poverty and riches are the offspring of thought. ” “ Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory. ” “ Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous. ” “ O marvel! a garden among the flames... My heart has become capable of all forms. It is a meadow for gazelles and a monastery for Christian monks, A temple for idols and the pilgrim's Ka'aba, The Tables of the Law and the book of the Koran. I profess the religion of Love, and whatever direction Its steed may take, Love is my religion and my faith. ” “ In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. ” “ We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right. ” “ Do everything you ask of those you command. ” “ A book is a friend; a good book is a good friend. It will talk to you when you want it to talk, and it will keep still when you want it to keep still; and there are not many friends who know enough to do that. ” “ Only when you are standing on the foundation of your values are you able to maintain your truth. ” “ Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them? ” “ Let food be your medicine and medicine your food. Whosoever gives these things no consideration and is ignorant of them, how can he understand the diseases of man. ” “ The Kingdom (of Heaven) is inside you and it is outside you ” “ What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own. ” “ Treat others the way you want to be treated. ” “ One today is worth two tomorrows; never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today. ” “ No matter where you go, there you are. ” “ Your children are not your children. / They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. ” “ Manage Emotions When the energy of our consciousness is out of our control - the mind is agitated. We are being emotional. The solution is to detach from the inner storms, stand back and observe the hurricane pass. Detached observation withdraws the energy which your emotions require to sustain themselves. When you watch your own anger, it dies. If you don't detach from it, and observe it ...it will be your master. Today is the day to practice positive, detached observation, and each emotion-filled moment is the opportunity. This is 'real' work. The work of one who is a master of their own consciousness. Are you a master or a slave? ” “ We cannot undo the past in this misguided war in Iraq. ” “ To create the future we desire we need a spiritual language; we must speak from the heart and in the language of the soul - a language of trust, faith and higher values, of inner growth, love and listening. ” “ The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains that I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time. ” “ Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash. ” “ He who knows nothing, doubts nothing. ” “ Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. ” “ You can do what you want to do, accomplish what you want to accomplish, attain any reasonable objective you may have in mind. So, what are you waiting for? ” “ Most people think that aging is irreversible and we know that there are mechanisms even in the human machinery that allow for the reversal of aging, through correction of diet, through anti-oxidants, through removal of toxins from the body, through exercise, through yoga and breathing techniques, and through meditation. ” “ Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others. ” “ Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally. ” “ Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. ” “ A master in Zen is not simply a teacher. In all the religions there are only teachers. They teach you about subjects which you dont know, and they ask you to believe because there is no way to bring those experiences into objective reality. Neither has the teacher known them - he has believed them; he transfers his belief to somebody else. Zen is not a believers world. It is not for the faithful ones; it is for those daring souls who can drop all belief, unbelief, doubt, reason, mind, and simply enter into their pure existence without boundaries. But it brings a tremendous transformation. Hence, let me say that while others are involved in philosophies, Zen is involved in metamorphosis, in a transformation. It is authentic alchemy: it changes you from base metal into gold. But its language has to be understood, not with your reasoning and intellectual mind but with your loving heart. Or even just listening, not bothering whether it is true or not. And a moment comes suddenly that you see it, which has been eluding you your whole life. Suddenly, what Gautam Buddha called "eighty-four thousand doors" open. ” “ Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction. ” “ Enjoy doing nothing without falling asleep - meditation ” “ What does your Master teach? ' asked a visitor. ' Nothing, ' said the disciple. ' Then why does he give discourses? ' ' He only points the way — he teaches nothing. ' The visitor couldnt make sense out of this, so the disciple made it clearer: ' If the Master were to teach, we would make beliefs out of his teachings. the Master is not concerned with what we believe — only with what we see. ” “ Two watermelons can't be held in one hand. ” “ It doesn't matter how one was brought up. What determines the way one does anything is personal power. ” “ Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years. ” “ If I allow my mind to carry burdens, I will experience heaviness and become tired easily. ” “ The poor wish to be rich, the rich wish to be happy, the single wish to be married and the married wish to be dead. ” “ You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour. ” “ To be peaceful is to be free from expectations and to want nothing from anyone. ” “ Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it. ” “ Have you ever noticed that resistance leads to persistence. And behind all resistance is self-created fear. The only way to relax and stay relaxed is acceptance. You don't have to agree, or follow, or condone, but acceptance means you begin any interaction with a serenity which invites others to engage with you. And out of engagement comes the satisfaction of creative expression and an enriching relationship. That's relaxation in action! ” “ An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind. ” “ Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain. ” “ The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and perturbations; to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future. ” “ Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe. ” “ Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage. ” “ Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom. ” “ Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion. ” “ It is easy to create new things, change places or do something different. To keep that sense of newness that creates enthusiasm is more difficult. The secret of newness in life is not to do new things constantly, but to see everything you do with new eyes, new insights and a new perspective. ” “ I come to realize that mind is no other than mountains and rivers and the great wide earth, the sun and the moon and stars. ” “ Faith is the surest guide in the darkest days. ” “ Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress. ” “ Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, To speak dishonorably is pardonable. ” “ A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true. ” “ To see a person's specialities rather than their weaknesses is an act of co-operation. ” “ Paper is no longer a big part of my day. I get 90% of my news online, and when I go to a meeting and want to jot things down, I bring my Tablet PC. It's fully synchronized with my office machine so I have all the files I need. ” “ Imagination is more important than knowledge... ” “ Great art is never produced for its own sake. It is too difficult to be worth the effort. ” “ The child can become conscious only if in his past life he has meditated enough, has created enough meditative energy to fight with the darkness that death brings. One simply is lost in an oblivion and then suddenly finds a new womb and forgets completely about the old body. There is a discontinuity. This darkness, this unconsciousness creates the discontinuity. The East has been working hard to penetrate these barriers. And ten thousand years' work has not been in vain. Everybody can penetrate to the past life, or many past lives. But for that you have to go deeper into your meditation, for two reasons: unless you go deeper, you cannot find the door to another life; secondly, you have to be deeper in meditation because if you find the door of another life, a flood of events will come into the mind. It is hard enough even to carry one life.... ” “ Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions. ” “ Drop the fear. Fear was taken up by you in your childhood, unconsciously. Now consciously drop it and be mature. Then the life can be a light which goes on deepening as you go on growing. ” “ A childs life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark. ” |
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