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Famous Quotes & Sayings“ Friendships are fragile things, and require as much handling as any other fragile and precious thing. ” “ Whatever must happen ultimately should happen immediately. ” “ Happiness is the reward we get for living to the highest right we know. ” “ Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable. ” “ The beginning is the most important part of the work. ” “ Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. ” “ If you treat people right they will treat you right... ninety percent of the time. ” “ The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude. Peace is freedom in tranquillity, servitude is the worst of all evils, to be resisted not only by war, but even by death. ” “ I made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it short. ” “ Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ” “ Great art is never produced for its own sake. It is too difficult to be worth the effort. ” “ Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude. ” “ There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life -- happiness, freedom, and peace of mind -- are always attained by giving them to someone else. ” “ Life's problems wouldn't be called "hurdles" if there wasn't a way to get over them. ” “ Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power. ” “ 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! ” “ The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it comes strong than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism - ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power. ” “ Give me the children until they are seven and anyone may have them afterward. ” “ We are all blessed with life and all the opportunities it brings, though most of us forget to notice. But we also have blessings to give. In fact, the opportunity to give our blessings may be the greatest blessing of all. By bestowing our good wishes, encouraging, empowering others, we bless. And when we do, they return a thousand-fold. Bless and be blessed. ” “ Things that are done, it is needless to speak about; things that are past it is needless to blame. ” “ The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him; and the surest way to make him untrustworthy is to distrust him and show your distrust. ” “ Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly. ” “ The key to my serenity today is directly linked to my ability to stay in the moment - to be in the present. ” “ Every oak tree started out as a nut who stood it's ground. ” “ The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts human life a little above the level of farce, and gives it some of the grace of tragedy. ” “ Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. ” “ Science says: 'We must live,' and seeks the means of prolonging, increasing, facilitating and amplifying life, of making it tolerable and acceptable, wisdom says: 'We must die,' and seeks how to make us die well. ” “ Spiritually, the enormous challenge for each and every one of us is to look directly into what it actually means to be the one who is going to consciously evolve for the sake of our collective salvation and transformation. From the absolute or nondual perspective that emerges in spiritual revelation, there is only ONE. There literally is no other; there is only one without a second. To truly understand conscious evolution, we have to grapple with the profound implications of that absolute fact. I believe we can only consciously evolve to the degree that we have actually realized at the deepest level of our being that we are that one without a second. Facing into the truth of nonduality—that the many is the one and that the one is ultimately who we always are—in an evolutionary context forces a confrontation with any relationship to the life process that is less than whole, complete, and fully committed. To consciously evolve is to surrender unconditionally to the truth that there is no other and at the same time to accept responsibility for what that means in an evolving universe—a cosmos that is slowly but surely becoming aware of itself through you and me. That one without a second is simultaneously awakening to itself as it develops, as it evolves, and it is that one, as you and me, alone, that can now begin to take responsibility for endeavoring to consciously create its own future. ” “ Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end. ” “ We must use time as a tool, not as a crutch. ” “ God is that friend and it is up to you to break the silence and bring Him into your life at every moment of the day. God is love, and that is the easiest way to find Him, through love. If you keep your heart open and let love flow, God's love will fill you with divine energy and help you along the path, guiding you to overcome all obstacles. It is a long journey, but it becomes shorter and easier once you share it with the Lord. He knows the path, and will guide you all the way to the very end, to ultimate liberation. ” “ Don't squander your aggressive energy in frustration, resentment, hostility or self sabotage; channel it into creating the life you want by making a place in the market for the work you love. ” “ Clay is molded to form a cup, But it is on its non-being that the utility of the cup depends. Doors and windows are cut out to make a room, But it is on its non-being that the utility of the room depends. Therefore turn being into advantage, and turn non-being into utility. ” “ We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our own destinies, design a life of substance and truly begin to live our dreams ” “ Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking improves relationships. Kindness in giving creates love. ” “ If you are ready to be intimate, you will encourage the other person also to be intimate. Your unpretentious simplicity will allow the other also to enjoy simplicity, innocence, trust, love, openness. ” “ Practice meditation regularly. Meditation leads to eternal bliss. Therefore meditate, meditate. ” “ It is far better to observe than to absorb every word, feeling and attitude, to get over-involved, or react too much. Observing gives us the patience and clarity to think or act appropriately. Observing creates an inner focus that allows us to see reality. ” “ Everything flows and nothing stays. ” “ Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing. ” “ Instead of thinking about where you are, think about where you want to be. It takes twenty years of hard work to become an overnight success. ” “ It is a wise father that knows his own child ” “ Generosity of spirit increases everything we have and gives us everything we need. ” “ Remember My words: Start the day with love, fill the day with love, end the day with love. That is the way to God. ” “ To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. ” “ Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened. ” “ The subtle energies and information that underlie this universe were there before its particles of matter appeared and will be there after these particles disappear. ” “ Wellbeing The more I develop the habit of noticing goodness, the more my own sense of wellbeing rises. ” “ I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol ” “ The richest minds need not large libraries. ” “ Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, magic and power in it. Begin it now. ” “ Fear less, hope more - Whine less, breathe more - Talk less, say more - Hate less, love more - And all good things are yours. ” “ A loving heart is the truest wisdom. ” “ Wisdom begins in wonder. ” “ The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires. ” “ If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play. ” “ From labor health, from health contentment springs. ” “ If you have found your truth within yourself there is nothing more in this whole existence to find. Truth is functioning through you. When you open your eyes, it is truth opening his eyes. When you close your eyes, it is truth who is closing its eyes. This is a tremendous meditation. If you can simply understand the device, you dont have to do anything; whatever you are doing is being done by truth. You are walking, it is truth; you are sleeping, it is truth resting; you are speaking, it is truth speaking; you are silent, it is truth that is silent. This is one of the most simple meditation techniques. Slowly, slowly everything settles by this simple formula, and then there is no need for the technique. When you are cured, you throw away the meditation, you throw away the medicine. Then you live as truth - alive, radiant, contented, blissful, a song unto yourself. Your whole life becomes a prayer without any words, or better to say a prayerfulness, a grace, a beauty which does not belong to our mundane world, a ray of light coming from the beyond into the darkness of our world. ” “ We can learn even from our enemies. ” “ Insist on yourself; never imitate. ” “ Just as the bird has to find the courage to let go of the branch in order to fly, so we also must let go of our branches if we are to know the exhilaration of soaring to the highest potential of our life. The branches we hold to are our inner attachments - our beliefs, ideas and memories. And then there are the outer attachments - people, possessions, positions and privileges are a few. But as long as we hold on to them we will live in fear (of letting go and loss) and we will never be free. And just watch those birds, by letting go of one branch they are able to spend the rest of their life alighting on a million other branches, and they enjoy the view from each. Are you flying and soaring in your life, or are you stuck on one branch, cursing others as they fly past. Go on, try it ...let go! ” “ Put your heart, mind, intellect and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success. ” “ It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen. Do not even listen, only wait. Do not even wait, be wholly still and alone. The world will present itself to you for its unmasking, it can do no other, in ecstasy it will writhe at your feet. ” “ All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field. ” “ Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude. ” “ Accepting the self and others unconditionally allows everyone to remove their masks and feel at ease with who they are. ” “ The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers. ” “ To be alone in the only real revolution. To accept that you are alone is the greatest transformation that can happen to you. ” “ Keep your mind and heart free of all pollution, and peace will always be with you. ” “ I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart. ” “ It is only the wisest and the stupidest that cannot change. ” “ First you try to meditate and after a while you become meditative. ” “ Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand. ” “ Steer easily through life by keeping a light touch on the controls, and a strong sense of humour. ” “ People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom? ” “ Embrace life with the enthusiasm of one who knows there is untold benefit in every scene. ” “ Anyone can become angry. That is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose and in the right way - that is not easy. ” “ 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. ” “ In the East people have condemned the body, condemned matter, called matter "illusory," maya - it does not really exist, it only appears to exist; it is made of the same stuff as dreams are made of. They denied the world, and that is the reason for the East remaining poor, sick, in starvation. Half of humanity has been accepting the inner world but denying the outer world. The other half of humanity has been accepting the material world and denying the inner world. Both are half, and no man who is half can be contented. You have to be whole: rich in the body, rich in science; rich in meditation, rich in consciousness. Only a whole person is a holy person, according to me. I want Zorba and Buddha to meet together. Zorba alone is hollow. His dance has not an eternal significance, it is momentary pleasure. Soon he will be tired of it. Unless you have inexhaustible sources, available to you from the cosmos itself...unless you become existential, you cannot become whole. This is my contribution to humanity: the whole person. ” “ As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials, that the interest of life consisted in one day rendering her some signal service and that I would have the occasion to do so. ” “ It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. ” “ Our duty is to encourage every one in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the Truth. ” “ The person who does not read books has no advantage over the person who cannot read them. ” “ I'm not a teacher: only a fellow-traveller of whom you asked the way. I pointed ahead - ahead of myself as well as you. ” “ He who knows nothing doubts nothing. ” “ The difference between sex and love is that sex relieves tension and love causes it. ” “ You can never enter the same river twice. ” “ Father Time is not always a hard parent, and, though he tarries for none of his children, often lays his hand lightly upon those who have used him well; making them old men and women inexorably enough, but leaving their hearts and spirits young and in full vigour. With such people the grey head is but the impression of the old fellow's hand in giving them his blessing, and every wrinkle but a notch in the quiet calendar of a well-spent life. ” “ If you want to know all about Andy Warhol, just look at the surface of my paintings and films and me, and there I am. There's nothing behind it. ” “ He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god. ” “ An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest ” “ Superior leaders get things done with very little motion. They impart instruction not through many words, but through a few deeds. They keep informed about everything but interfere hardly at all. They are catalysts, and though things would not get done as well if they were not there, when they succeed they take no credit. And, because they take no credit, credit never leaves them. ” “ In silence we find a solution to every problem. ” “ 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. ” “ Seek, and you will find ” “ At least two-thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity: idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religous or political ideas. ” “ There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning. ” “ Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof. ” “ Your controlling power should be such that you should have only such thoughts at a particular time as you desire to have. No more, no less. ” “ Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes. ” |
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