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Famous Quotes about wisdom“ A chameleon does not leave one tree until he is sure of another. ” “ It is unwise to be too sure of ones own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err. ” “ The future belongs to those who prepare for it today. ” “ An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot. ” “ Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. ” “ Draw not thy bow before thy arrow be fixed. ” “ Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. ” “ Happiness is a journey not a destination, work like you dont need money, love like you never been hurt, and dance like no ones looking ” “ Theres nothing you can know that isnt known. ” “ There is a path to the top of even the highest mountain. ” “ The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value. ” “ I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made. ” “ Rather than being quick to judge, be quick to forgive. ” “ Youth has no age ” “ In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself. ” “ Great people speak very little. ” “ 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! ” “ If the whole existence is one, and if the existence goes on taking care of trees, of animals, of mountains, of oceans –from the smallest blade of grass to the biggest star -- then it will take care of you too. Why be possessive? The possessiveness shows simply one thing – that you cannot trust existence. You have to arrange separate security for yourself, safety for yourself; you cannot trust existence. Non-possessiveness is basically trust in existence. There is no need to possess, because the whole is already ours. ” “ It is unwise to be too sure of ones own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err. ” “ Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve. ” “ Calmness and tolerance act like air-conditioning in a room; they increase a persons efficiency. ” “ Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I neednt argue with that; I'm right and I will be proved right. We're more popular than Jesus now; I dont know which will go first - rock and roll or Christianity. ” “ Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. ” “ It is present everywhere. There is nothing it does not contain. However only those who have previously planted wisdom - seeds will be able to continuously see it. ” “ If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. ” “ If you want to do anything you find a way. If you dont want to do anything you find an excuse. ” “ The question is, what are you ready to do to overcome poverty? ” “ Wisdom doesnt automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. Its true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place. ” “ If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking. ” “ To see things in the seed, that is genius. ” “ When everything is changing in a very intense way the best thing to do is to find strength and support to go deep within the self and get in touch with your own inner being. ” “ Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth. ” “ It is better, of cours, to know useless things than to know nothing. ” “ Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool. ” “ A blind person who sees is better than a seeing person who is blind. ” “ We must stop posing as victims of the West and behaving negatively towards the West. We must participate with the West on an equal footing in the reconstruction of the world. ” “ Theres a Genius in all of us. ” “ The religious idea of God cannot do full duty for the metaphysical infinity. ” “ Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful. ” “ There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them. ” “ Employ your time in improving yourself by other mens writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for. ” “ He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have ” “ Always see only the good in others. Whatever I see in others - is what I become. ” “ Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction. ” “ I think; therefore I am ” “ In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in an clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth. ” “ 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. ” “ The bondage of the thoughts of the mind do not allow the experience of internal happiness. To be tied in the bondage of waste thoughts, jealousy and thoughts of carelessness and laziness are the bondages of the mind. Therefore become free from this subtle bondage. ” “ All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything. ” “ Success: To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded! ” “ History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there. ” “ A man should keep for himself a little back shop, all his own, quite unadulterated, in which he establishes his true freedom and chief place of seclusion and solitude. ” “ Life is short. Time is fleeting. Realize the Self. Purity of the heart is the gateway to God. Aspire. Renounce. Meditate. Be good; do good. Be kind; be compassionate. Inquire, know Thyself. ” “ An elephant grows and becomes an adult, even if people do not like it. ” “ Be tender towards the fault of others, be strict towards your own. ” “ Where there is truth the soul dances. ” “ Do whatever you feel like, but respect the feelings of others. ” “ Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both. ” “ The only definite thing about human beings is that they change. ” “ The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. ” “ Without education, you are not going anywhere in this world. ” “ In heaven all the interesting people are missing. ” “ You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body ” “ When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, you think it's only a minute. But when you sit on a hot stove for a minute, you think it's two hours. That's relativity. ” “ Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble. ” “ Listen more than you speak, for listening will teach you more than speaking. ” “ Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused. ” “ Never discourage anyone...who continually makes progress, no matter how slow. ” “ 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. ” “ Learning is finding out what you already know, Doing is demonstrating that you know it, Teaching is reminding others that they know it as well as you do. We are all learners, doers, and teachers. ” “ Just as a tree, though cut down, can grow again and again if its roots are undamaged and strong, in the same way if the roots of craving are not wholly uprooted sorrows will come again and again. ” “ Let tears flow of their own accord: their flowing is not inconsistent with inward peace and harmony. ” “ To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing. ” “ If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours; if they dont they never were. ” “ There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness. ” “ Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no mans power to live long. ” “ When the thoughts we think are the same as the words we speak, others will feel our integrity. ” “ Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life. ” “ You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. ” “ You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine. ” “ No rose is without thorns. ” “ Live in balance between the head and the heart by filling your feelings with wisdom and your decisions with love. ” “ An idea is never given to you without you being given the power to make it reality. You must, nevertheless, suffer for it. ” “ Who owns too much, remains unhappy. ” “ If you want to do well, sell people what they need; if you want to get rich, sell people what they want. ” “ I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money. ” “ Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more. ” “ It is a denial of justice not to stretch out a helping hand to the fallen; that is the common right of humanity. ” “ Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed. ” “ Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum. ” “ Really, the fundamental, ultimate mystery - the only thing you need to know to understand the deepest metaphysical secrets - is this: that for every outside there is an inside and for every inside there is an outside, and although they are different, they go together. ” “ A wise soul unlocks the mysteries of life by beginning with the self. ” “ What this power is, I cannot say. All I know is that it exists...and it becomes available only when you are in that state of mind in which you know EXACTLY what you want...and are fully determined not to quit until you get it. ” “ Do not look for peace outside, for it lies within the soul. ” “ In situations of conflict, I have to realise that the only weapons I need are a smile and a loveful attitude. ” “ To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it. ” “ The human body cannot tell the difference between something real and that which is vividly imagined. ” “ Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted. ” “ Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it. Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held. Believe nothing just because it is said in ancient books. Believe nothing just because it is said to be of divine origin. Believe nothing just because someone else believes it. Believe only what you yourself test and judge to be true. ” “ Each day we all need to recharge our spiritual battery, otherwise the light of our consciousness becomes dim, thoughts become fuzzy, and decisions are impregnated with doubt. Power is available inside and outside. Inside us we have a spiritual centre, at the core of our consciousness, pure radiant spiritual light. This is what we are. However it is now blocked by our attachments, the record of all our life experiences and many learned beliefs and perceptions. Outside us we have the sun of spirit, the source, invisible to our physical eyes but only one second away when we are able to quieten and focus our mind. Meditation connects us to both sources of power - that's why meditation is the way to access the real vitamins and the minerals that spirit craves. The vitamin of pure love and the minerals of truth and wisdom. Take time to empower yourself today. Sit quietly and connect your mind to each source and allow yourself to recharge and renew. ” “ 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. ” “ In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher. ” “ Man can alter his life by altering his thinking. ” “ You have to look for guidance because you dont know your inner guide is hidden inside you. You have to find the inner guide, and thats what I call your witness. Thats what I call your dharma, thats what I call your intrinsic buddha. You have to awaken that buddha and your life will shower blessings, benediction. Your life will become so radiant with good, with godliness, more than you can possibly conceive. It is almost like light. Your room is dark, just bring light in. Even a small candle will do, and the whole darkness disappears. And once you have a candle you know where the door is.You dont have to think about it: "Where is the door?" Only blind people think about where the door is. People who have eyes and the light is there, they dont think. Have you ever thought, "Where is the door?" You simply get up and go out. You never give a single thought to where the door is. You dont start groping for the door or hitting your head against the wall. You simply see, and there is not even a flicker of thought. You simply go out. ” “ Your ability to recognize the specialities of others makes you a natural leader. ” “ Everything that comes to us, comes to pass or, more accurately, for us to pass on. Not just the money in our pocket, but wisdom, objects, ideas, even opportunities, all come to us, so that, at the right moment, we can pass them on. This is called flow. Being in the flow means being aware that the river of life is flowing to us at every moment. Being in the flow means accepting whatever comes and putting it to good use, before passing it on. Going with the flow means allowing whatever comes to move on freely, without holding on in any way. If we do not pass on, we are trying to block the flow, and that's when we feel pressure in our life. Pressure is always self-inflicted. Every time you feel 'under pressure' look at what you need to release and to pass on to someone else. Once you do you can ...relax...again. ” “ If I am always comparing myself with other human beings, I will either suffer from ego or jealousy. ” “ Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. ” “ It is by a wise economy of nature that those who suffer without change, and whom no one can help, become uninteresting. Yet so it may happen that those who need sympathy the most often attract it the least. ” “ Learning is finding out what you already know. ” “ The way to overcome the angry man is with gentleness, the evil man with goodness, the miser with generosity and the liar with truth. ” “ I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. ” “ Better to shave the heart than to shave the head. ” “ Self interest clearly lies in considering the interests of others. ” “ The past does not equal the future. ” “ A man is what he thinks about all day long. ” “ I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers. ” “ Happiness and sorrow are the fruit of my own actions. ” “ By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning. ” “ How can we serve others around us? By making our lives inspirational and interacting with tact and wisdom. We should be so cheerful, and our lives such examples, that they say 'Here is an angel.' ” “ A prudent question is one-half of wisdom. ” “ If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner. ” “ Perception is a mirror not a fact. And what I look on is my state of mind, reflected outward. ” “ You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful. ” “ Smiling is infectious. Please pass this on. ” “ The knowledge of sin is the beginning of salvation ” “ If speech is silver, silence is gold. When you must speak, speak a few words, speak sweetly and softly. That is the way to reach a listener's heart. ” “ I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean. ” “ For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. ” “ Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime. ” “ My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind. ” “ When you are content to be simply yourself and dont compare or compete, everybody will respect you. ” “ Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions. ” “ Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties. ” “ To read too many books is harmful. ” “ A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently. ” “ Wisdom is knowledge of danger but no fear. It is the ability to spot a twist in the path in the distance, a narrow stretch, the possibility of a collision; to stop and wait in peace until something has passed. No wisdom is keeping going, hoping it will be alright. ” “ If thou art a master, be sometimes blind; if a servant, sometimes deaf. ” “ Because you recognise that everyone is of unique value, you give regard to every soul by never comparing it to another. ” “ The most important part of you is your mind (not your brain - the brain is the hardware and the mind creates the software). Care for your mind, make friends with it, always feed it healthy food, engage it in positive activity, exercise it with knowledge and wisdom. Like a garden returns fragrance and beauty according to the care invested, so your mind will repay you with thoughts, ideas and visions of great beauty when tended and invested with care. Your mind is not made of matter but it does matter what you give it and what you create with it. Where your mind goes, you go. What your mind creates becomes your destiny. ” “ Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tries, and a touch that never hurts. ” “ The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world. ” “ If you treat people right they will treat you right... ninety percent of the time. ” “ To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it. ” “ A fool and his money are easily parted. ” “ The perfectionist is bound to be a neurotic, he cannot enjoy life, until he is perfect. And perfection as such never happens, it is not in the nature of things. Totality is possible, perfection is not possible. ” “ Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person. ” “ We all find occasion to reject and resist another person. We all like to put up a fight against anything we dislike on the evening news as we spectate the world. But we forget that when we decide we will resist something or somebody, either mentally or physically, we only empower the object of our resistance, either in reality or in our own minds. If you want to enjoy the ability to influence, always start with acceptance. If you want to disarm another begin with acceptance. If you want to encourage and empower another to change, start with acceptance. Dont make it conditional. Otherwise its just resistance disguised as acceptance, and you are still trying to control them. And we can all smell a controller...cant you? ” “ The worst drugs are as bad as anybodys told you. Its just a dumb trip, which I cant condemn people if they get into it, because one gets into it for ones own personal, social, emotional reasons. Its something to be avoided if one can help it. ” “ You can free yourself from aging by reinterpreting your body and by grasping the link between belief and biology. ” “ Affluence includes money but is not just money. It is the abundance, the flow, the generosity of the universe, where every desire we have must come true, because inherent in having the desire are the mechanics for its fulfillment. ” “ Dont take things so serious, be more au serious. ” “ Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat. ” “ It is easier to fight for ones principles than to live up to them. ” “ A loving heart is the truest wisdom. ” “ 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. ” “ Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. ” “ Real gentleness in a person is the power that sees, understands, yet never interferes. ” “ Its a great idea in sport. Too many fouls and your out of the game for a short period. The same happens in real life, but we are not aware of it. Sin essentially means forgetfulness, or more specifically, to forget yourself, to forget who you truly are, a pure, peaceful and loving spiritual being who occupies and animates a physical form. It is this forgetfulness that makes us commit what we call sinful action. If you are insulted by another person, and you become angry in response, the sin is the anger which you create not the insult. You are asleep to the truth that you just hurt yourself, and that you are the creator of your anger not the other person. And now you have a recording in your consciousness that contains an image of the other surrounded by the energy of anger. You put it there, not them. Next time you see them, up comes the anger again, and in that moment you are at your least effective, paralysed by self created anger, you are effectively out of the game until you cool down. Interesting isnt it. Never get angry, at anything, or anyone, anytime. Its a sin! ” “ Comparing yourself with others will leave you vulnerable on three counts: you'll either feel inferior, superior or impressed. All three of these states are dangerous because they all disregard the underlying principle of our true connection with each other - mutual love and regard, based on independently generated self-esteem. To protect yourself from this vulnerability, make sure that your attention remains turned within, towards the spiritual experience of pure pride. Staying centred in your elevated self-respect will help you remain undisturbed by others around you. Keep asking yourself, "Who am I?" "How would my spiritual personality respond to this event or person?" this will help to centre you further, and allow you to enjoy the successful efforts of others. ” “ The fellow who never makes a mistake takes his orders from one who does. ” “ Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles. ” “ 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. ” “ I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution ” “ The respect you earn is not less or more than your own self-respect. Therefore, respect yourself and God and the world will respect you. ” “ Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue-to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak. ” “ Ask the experienced rather than the learned. ” “ 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. ” “ Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what a reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character ” “ Wisdom is learning what to ignore. ” “ The art of creation is older than the art of killing. ” “ Comparing yourself with others will leave you vulnerable on three counts: you'll either feel inferior, superior or impressed. All three of these states are dangerous because they all disregard the underlying principle of our true connection with each other - mutual love and regard, based on independently generated self-esteem. To protect yourself from this vulnerability, make sure that your attention remains turned within, towards the spiritual experience of pure pride. Staying centred in your elevated self-respect will help you remain undisturbed by others around you. Keep asking yourself, "Who am I?" "How would my spiritual personality respond to this event or person?" this will help to centre you further, and allow you to enjoy the successful efforts of others. ” “ Fly free and happy beyond birthdays and across forever, and we'll meet now and then when we wish, in the midst of the one celebration that never can end. ” “ Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely. ” “ Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one. ” “ Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure. ” “ Infinite patience achieves instant results! How can this be true? It is - but you'll need to meditate on it to see it! When you do, and you can see it, you will have walked through the gates of paradox and rediscovered truth. Repeat after me...infinite patience achieves instant results. ” “ New ideas should confront old ideas. We must refer to the example of Europe. People have fought to make Europe what it is today. Freedom is not something that is served up on a plate. ” “ I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death. ” “ For everything there is a season, And a time for every matter under heaven. A time to be born, and a time to die. A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted. A time to kill, and a time to heal. A time to break down, and a time to build up. A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance. A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together. A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing. A time to seek, and a time to lose. A time to keep, and a time to throw away. A time to tear, and a time to sew. A time to keep silence, and a time to speak. A time to love, and a time to hate, A time for war, and a time for peace. ” “ The witnessing soul is like the sky. The birds fly in the sky but they don't leave any footprints. That's what Buddha says, that the man who is awakened lives in such a way that he leaves no footprints. He is without wounds and without scars; he never looks back -- there is no point. He has lived that moment so totally that what is the need to look back again and again? He never looks ahead, he never looks back, he lives in the moment. ” “ Those who dare to fail miserably have a chance to achieve greatly. ” “ In the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes. ” “ Its what you learn after you know everything that counts. ” “ I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy. ” “ I have never considered myself a poet. Therefore, I am not a rival of anyone, and I do not consider anybody my rival. ” “ Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials. ” “ Transform regrets into realisations and therefore ensure that what could become waste is made into something worthwhile. ” “ After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. ” “ None of us learn anything we dont already know. ” “ Forget that which has passed, learn a lesson from the past and always remain cautious in the future. ” “ Keep away from people who belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great, make you feel that you too can become great. ” “ You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself. ” “ Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value. ” “ When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves. ” “ The possibility of stepping into a higher plane is quite real for everyone. It requires no force or effort or sacrifice. It involves little more than changing our ideas about what is normal. ” “ Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings. ” “ Russia is no longer our enemy and therefore we shouldn't be locked into a Cold War mentality that says we keep the peace by blowing each other up. In my attitude, that's old, that's tired, that's stale ” “ If liberty and equality, as is thought by some are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost. ” “ It is a wise father that knows his own child. ” “ You don't have to be the Dalai Lama to tell people that life's about change. ” “ Few are aware of the phenomenal power of belief. We carry bundles of them, mostly in our subconscious, and mostly put there by others...but only because we allowed them to (genes do not have beliefs!) Unless we awaken to the beliefs we carry, we will never ever be at peace with ourselves, and certainly the world around us will be a threatening place. Begin by becoming aware of your language - your words will tell you what you have recorded inside. Some clues, 'I can't...', 'Aren't they awful...', 'It will never....', 'They shouldn't...', are all phrases which indicate different categories of negative and disempowering belief. During the next three days see how many categories you can identify within yourself. Just being aware of them will begin the process of challenging and changing them. ” “ Live simply so that others may simply live. It's a nice idea, but our lives are more complicated and complex than ever. What can you simplify today - your desk, perhaps your thoughts, a meeting? Simple means easy. Simple means asking, Is this really necessary? Simple means keeping it short but sweet. Simple means keeping the focus of your attention on what you need to do now. Today's mantra is, lets keep it simple. ” “ We learn geology after the earthquake. ” “ Intellectual passion dries out sensuality. ” “ The expression of enlightenment—whether it is premodern enlightenment or postmodern enlightenment, traditional enlightenment or evolutionary enlightenment—is the expression of that consciousness that is always inherently free from time. In order for your own self, at the level of consciousness, to demonstrate freedom from time and history in a dynamic and significant way, you need to do whatever it takes to accept responsibility for anything and everything that has happened to you as an evolving self in time that could prevent that which transcends time from awakening within you. ” “ 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 dont 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. Thats relaxation in action! ” “ Let me help without splashing my name on the achievement, and vanish without waiting for the results. ” “ There is a crown of light on those who are carefree. If you are worrying about anything you carry the baskets of burden on your head. Which do you prefer? Do you prefer the basket or the crown of light? ” “ The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence. ” “ Gentleness, love, humility and forgiveness are the greatest powers in the world. ” “ If you think about disaster, you will get it. Brood about death and you hasten your demise. Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life becomes more secure, more fraught with action, richer in achievement and experience. ” “ You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure. ” “ Force without wisdom falls of its own weight. ” “ Philosophy is written in that great book which ever lies before our eyes... We cannot understand it if we do not first learn the language and grasp the symbols in which it is written. The book is written in the mathematical language... without whose help it is humanly impossible to comprehend a single word of it, and without which one wanders in vain through a dark labyrinth ” “ I am your brother, your sister, your mother, your father and even you. ” “ Living is a constant process of deciding what we are going to do. ” “ When I start the day with a moment of solitude and contemplation, even the most crowded schedule runs more smoothly. ” “ 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. ” “ 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. ” “ Worry does not remove the sorrow of tomorrow; it removes the strength of today. ” “ A task left undone remains undone in two places - at the actual location of the task, and inside your head. Incomplete tasks in your head consume the energy of your attention as they gnaw at your conscience. They syphon off a little more of your personal power every time you delay. No need to be a perfectionist, thats debilitating in an imperfect world, but its good to be a 'completionist'. If you start it, finish it...or forget it. Do it - or dump it! ” “ Virtue illuminates everything; it fills what is empty, heals what is sick and settles what is troubled. ” “ The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers. ” “ Too bad that all the people who really know how to run the country are busy driving taxi cabs and cutting hair. ” “ Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. ” “ Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise not blame. ” “ The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. ” “ Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth which goes with him only while good fortune lasts. Second, his relatives; they go only as far as the grave, leave him there. The third friend, his good deeds, go with him beyond the grave. ” “ One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well. ” “ Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get. ” “ Youth is wasted on the young. ” “ In silence we find a solution to every problem. ” “ Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labour the body. ” “ When you go into the space of nothingness, everything becomes known ” “ In our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either. ” “ We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about. ” “ There's no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love. There is only a scarcity of resolve to make it happen. ” “ And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others. ” “ The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man. ” “ Stay full of peace yourself and know that this peace will reach your loved ones and ultimately the whole world. ” “ It is possible to fail in many ways...while to succeed is possible only in one way. ” “ Adventure is not outside man; it is within. ” “ The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious - the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. ” “ Hope is a waking dream. ” “ Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I may not forget you. ” “ Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. ” “ Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation. ” “ I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think. ” “ An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law. ” “ By serving others you automatically serve yourself. ” “ You are what your deep driving desire is; As your deep driving desire is, so is your will; As your will is so is your deed; As your deed is so is your destiny. ” “ By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. ” “ If you can see and accept that you create your own stress according to how you are responding, you will then see that there is something you need to unlearn as well as learn. The old response needs to be unlearned, and a new response needs to be learned. ” “ Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. ” “ The wealthiest of all are those who are pure hearted. ” “ Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies - or else? The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars - must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation. ” “ The key to my serenity today is directly linked to my ability to stay in the moment - to be in the present. ” “ As a man can drink water from any side of a full tank, so the skilled theologian can wrest from any scripture that which will serve his purpose. ” “ 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. ” “ Let him that would move the world first move himself. ” “ To see a person's specialities rather than their weaknesses is an act of co-operation. ” “ A beautiful form is better than a beautiful face; it gives a higher pleasure than statues or pictures; it is the finest of the fine arts. ” “ Fill every thought with determination, every step with courage and every word with love. ” “ Wisdom begins in wonder. ” “ We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right. ” “ After all these years, I am still involved in the process of self-discovery. It's better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life. ” “ Acts of virtue emerge from deep within, from an inner sanctuary of silence from which inspiration flows. Every action has its seed in a thought and every thought is a creation of the thinker, the soul. I choose what thoughts I want to create and as is my thinking so are my actions and also my experience in life. Going within, I touch the stillness and pure love that lie at the core of my being and every thought that I create is of benefit to myself and of benefit to humanity. ” “ A handfull of patience is worth a bushel of brains ” “ Fill your heart with the creative power to accept the past, decorate the present and transform the future. ” “ It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence. ” “ A modern civilization is only possible when it is accepted that singular beings exist and express themselves freely. ” “ The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him. ” “ He who knows others is learned. He who knows himself is wise. ” “ The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. ” “ Humility means to understand the self and through that to understand others as well. Humility is the attitude where a person is not attached to his or her opinion and feelings. Humility is the most natural expression of truth. It helps in better understanding of truth. Humility is the basis for maintaining self-respect. Humility does not mean bowing down and being subservient to others. Humility allows you to see benefit in everything. Developing humility brings a lot of comfort and ease into your life. ” “ True freedom means to be beyond the influence of people and possessions. ” “ A person of wisdom and spirituality has very beautiful manners that have grown from genuine respect and love for the whole of humanity. Manners in this sense have nothing to do with culture or education: it is simply a question of humility. When we are at the receiving end of such manners, we feel that some deeper part of us has been honoured. In fact, none of us deserves anything less. ” “ |
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