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Famous Quotes & Sayings“ If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears. ” “ The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase; if you pursue happiness you'll never find it. ” “ Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. Thats whats insane about it. ” “ Blessed is the leader who seeks the best for those he serves. ” “ A path is only a path, and there is no affront, to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that is what your heart tells you. Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try it as many times as you think necessary. Then ask yourself alone, one question. Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good; if it doesnt it is of no use. ” “ It requires more courage to suffer than to die. ” “ When you work you fulfill a part of earth's furthest dream, assigned to you when that dream was born. And in keeping yourself with labor you are in truth loving life, And to love life through labor is to be intimate with life's inmost secret. ” “ Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers. ” “ Your brain doesnt know what it cant do, until you tell it ” “ I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart. ” “ But I believe above all that I wanted to build the palace of my memory, because my memory is my only homeland. ” “ True self-awareness, plus the ability to choose our perceptions of life, the universe and everything, is the basis of free will. Every situation and scene in front of us has so many possibilities in terms of how we perceive and interpret. If someone is 10% selfish and 90% generous what should we focus on, what should we perceive first within them? Most of us are now well trained to perceive and focus on the negative, the selfishness in others, and to follow it quickly with accusation and judgement. We forget that what we perceive is what we empower within another and, more importantly what we perceive is what we empower within ourselves in that moment. And what we choose to see is usually what we get. So how important is it that we choose to perceive only the best, the highest, the greatest in another, even if its only a half a percent? Bosses and parents - take note!! Dont forget - your perception is your reality. Your perception is what you project. And what you project is what comes back! ” “ This is the only distinction between the dream and the real: reality allows you to doubt, and the dream does not allow you to doubt.... To me, the capacity to doubt is one of the greatest blessings to humanity. The religions have been enemies because they have been cutting the very roots of doubt, and there is a reason why they have been doing that: because they want people to believe in certain illusions that they have been preaching.... Why have the people like Gautam Buddha been so insistent that the whole existence - except your witnessing self, except your awareness - is just ephemeral, made of the same stuff as dreams are made of? They are not saying that these trees are not there. They are not saying that these pillars are not there. Dont misunderstand because of the word "illusion".... It has been translated as illusion, but illusion is not the right word. Illusion does not exist. Reality exists. Maya is just in between - it almost exists. As far as day-to-day activities are concerned, it can be taken as reality. Only in the ultimate sense, from the peak of your illumination, does it become unreal, illusory. ” “ Life is not measured by how many breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away ” “ Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision. ” “ This I do know beyond any reasonable doubt. Regardless of what you are doing, if you pump long enough, hard enough and enthusiastically enough, sooner or later the effort will bring forth the reward. ” “ No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy. ” “ The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers. ” “ When in doubt, tell the truth. ” “ We will discover the nature of our particular genius when we stop trying to conform to our own and other's people's models, learn to be ourselves and allow our natural channel to open. ” “ The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. ” “ Can miles truly separate you from friends... If you want to be with someone you love, arent you already there? ” “ In art, as in life, everything is possible so long as it is based on love. ” “ The moment you enter into the world of words you start falling away from that which is. The more you enter into language, the farther you are away from existence. ” “ Often, from a grain of sand a mountain emerges. If you want to protect your inner peace transform the mountain into a grain of sand. ” “ Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death. ” “ Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms. ” “ Use what I have given you, and you shall have more. ” “ Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another. ” “ The attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on. ” “ He who knows others is learned. He who knows himself is wise. ” “ If thou continuest to take delight in idle argumentation thou mayest be qualified to combat with the sophists, but will never know how to live with men. ” “ Liberty without learning is always in peril; learning without liberty is always in vain. ” “ He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever. ” “ Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not. ” “ You are worried about seeing him spend his early years in doing nothing. What! Is it nothing to be happy? Nothing to skip, play, and run around all day long? Never in his life will he be so busy again. ” “ I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare... ” “ To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it. ” “ Force without wisdom falls of its own weight. ” “ This is the situation of your head: I see cycle-handles and pedals and strange things that you have gathered from everywhere. Such a small head...and no space to live in! And that rubbish goes on moving in your head; your head goes on spinning and weaving - it keeps you occupied. Just think what kind of thoughts go on inside your mind. One day just sit, close your doors, and write down for half an hour whatsoever is passing in your mind, and you will understand what I mean and you will be surprised what goes on inside your mind. It remains in the background, it is constantly there, it surrounds you like a cloud. With this cloud you cannot know reality; you cannot attain to spiritual perception. This cloud has to be dropped. And it is just with your decision to drop it that it will disappear. You are clinging to it - the cloud is not interested in you, remember it. ” “ Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself. ” “ The cure for all ills and wrongs, the cares, the sorrows and the crimes of humanity, all lie in the one word LOVE. It is the divine vitality that everywhere produces and restores life. ” “ The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires. ” “ Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. ” “ Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime. ” “ Its not what you know that counts...its what you think of in time. ” “ The ability to enjoy one's own company is one of the greatest gifts life has to offer. Learning to turn my thoughts away from all my responsibilities at the day's end and take my mind into a state of peace and benevolence enables me to carry greater and greater loads without feeling the burden. When my inner landscape is full of beautiful thoughts, everything I do is a pleasure. Gently, I calm down chaotic situations and offer solace to troubled minds. ” “ The future destiny of a child is always the work of the mother. ” “ One flower doesn't bring spring. ” “ Once you have surrendered completely to God, you experience for the first time absolute freedom from the worries, problems and ills of this world. You can be happy and even laugh in apparent adversity. Whatever is happening is a game, God's game and you play your part and enjoy it. ” “ At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love. ” “ The beginning of success is to be different; the beginning of failure is to be the same. ” “ There is no such thing as part freedom. ” “ As I open my heart its treasures overflow. ” “ Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others. ” “ 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 great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men. ” “ They that know no evil will suspect none ” “ Is life an obstacle course? Sometimes it may feel like it. If you join the military you will be sent around an obstacle course of increasing degrees of difficulty. Why? To increase your strength and stamina and expand your creative capacity under strain. So it is on the course called 'life' - you can choose to perceive people, situations or events as obstacles, or you can choose to use these things to strengthen and expand your capacity to be creative and to find ways round, under or over. The choice lies in your perception. Obstacles are never ever 'out there', they are always in our own minds. ” “ Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way. ” “ Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear. ” “ There was a star danced, and under that was I born ” “ Generosity of spirit increases everything we have and gives us everything we need. ” “ The only gift is a portion of thyself. ” “ What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it. ” “ Under the hardest shell, is a person who wants to be appreciated and loved. ” “ He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature. ” “ Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for action. Desire in the mind is the real impurity. Even a spark of desire is a very great evil. ” “ Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You, too? Thought I was the only one." ” “ I do not distinguish by the eye, but by the mind, which is the proper judge. ” “ Whatever relationships you have attracted in your life at this moment, are precisely the ones you need in your life at this moment. There is a hidden meaning behind all events, and this hidden meaning is serving your own evolution. ” “ Those who have faith need no explanation; for those who have no faith, no explanation is possible. ” “ Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them. ” “ If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. ” “ With every tide you witness ebb and flow. So it is with life, the ebb and flow of opportunities. Yet another opportunity is offered to you today. ” “ He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it. ” “ The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. ” “ True peace can be experienced only when we stop giving and taking sorrow. In order not to give sorrow we need a clear heart that has no ill feelings and for not taking sorrow we need a big heart that can tolerate and help other souls to get over their weaknesses. ” “ Trust thyself only, and another shall not betray thee. ” “ It is not the distance but the first step that matters. ” “ You bring out the best in others, because you see the best in others ” “ To live outside the law, you must be honest. ” “ One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love. ” “ Being silly is not silly; being silly is a first step to being free. ” “ Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult. ” “ The secret of dealing successfully with a child is not to be its parent ” “ Great art is never produced for its own sake. It is too difficult to be worth the effort. ” “ Powerful thoughts create energy in the mind. Never doubt your ability to achieve the goal.” ” “ The sweetest of all sounds is praise. ” “ If you want to reach a goal, you must see the reaching' in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal. ” “ Zen is the only religion in the world that teaches sudden enlightenment. It says that enlightenment takes no time, it can happen in a single, split second. ” “ We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same. ” “ The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn into the torturers. ” “ One reason I dont drink is that I want to know when I am having a good time. ” “ You don't have to be the Dalai Lama to tell people that life's about change. ” “ Take things slow and take the time for it. ” “ Once we have begun to accept life's flow, and to avoid pointless efforts, we are letting go of our need to exert control -- a much overvalued commodity, although one very much in tune with the temper of the times. We could choose instead to have acceptance. This is not so much to do with fatalism; rather it is a matter of working happily with, rather than stubbornly against, the grain of nature. ” “ All weddings are similar, but every marriage is different. ” “ If something bothers you about someone, you are recognising an attitude that is actually within you. When you feel it does not affect you and you can respond calmly, it means that this weakness is no longer in you ” “ Wherever I am is wherever I am meant to be, whatever I am doing is whatever I am meant to be doing and whatever everyone else is doing is exactly what they are meant to be doing - this is contentment. If you do want to change where you are, or what you are doing, the first thing is to be content with wherever you are and whatever you are doing right now! Paradoxically that's what attracts opportunities and invitations to be somewhere else! Why? Because you are a living magnet, and contentment is one of your most attractive qualities. And the law of attraction says that according to your dominant thoughts so you will attract the people and circumstances into your life. Being content right now attracts the best possible future. ” |
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