If you persevere in adversity and depend on God, then know that He will remove your afflictions and bestow vast blessings upon you. For in His Book God promises, "Those who depend upon Allah, Allah bestows His bounty upon them and provides for them from means unknown." Therefore follow the road of patience and rejoice in His infinite bounty.
-Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jillani
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed.
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Our circumstances are not an accurate reflection of God's goodness. Whether life is good or bad, God's goodness, rooted in His character, is the same.
-Helen Grace Lescheid
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It's better to leave a misdeed
undone.
A misdeed burns you afterward.
Better that a good deed be done
that, after you've done it,
won't make you burn.
-Dhammapada, 22, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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Contemplate the wonders of creation, the Divine dimension of their being, not as a dim configuration that is presented to you from a distance, but as the reality in which you live.
- Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook
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Be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur.
-Muriel Spark
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No kind of calamity can occur, except by the leave of Allah: and if any one believes in Allah, (Allah) guides his heart (aright): for Allah knows all things.
So obey Allah, and obey His Messenger, but if ye turn back, the duty of Our Messenger is but to proclaim (the Message) clearly and openly.
-Qur'an, At-Taghabun, "Surah" 64:11-12
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The will of God will never take you to where the grace of God will not protect you. To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.
-Bernadette Devlin
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Discontent is the source of trouble, but also of progress.
- Berthold Auerbach, "On the Heights," 1865
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Right or wrong,
Joy and sorrow,
These are of the mind only.
They are not yours.
It is not really you
Who acts or enjoys.
You are everywhere,
Forever free.
-Ashtavakra Gita 1:6
From "The Heart of Awareness
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If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.
-Lucy Larcom
So obey Allah, and obey His Messenger, but if ye turn back, the duty of Our Messenger is but to proclaim (the Message) clearly and openly.
-Qur'an, At-Taghabun, "Surah" 64:11-12
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The will of God will never take you to where the grace of God will not protect you. To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.
-Bernadette Devlin
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Discontent is the source of trouble, but also of progress.
- Berthold Auerbach, "On the Heights," 1865
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Right or wrong,
Joy and sorrow,
These are of the mind only.
They are not yours.
It is not really you
Who acts or enjoys.
You are everywhere,
Forever free.
-Ashtavakra Gita 1:6
From "The Heart of Awareness
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If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.
-Lucy Larcom
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Your bounty fulfills every need.
Why should we turn to any other?
The scant knowledge that endures in my soul,
deliver it from the wiles of the body's clay
before this clay consumes it away,
before these winds sweep it away.
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed.
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Make it a practice to judge person and things in the most favorable light at all times, in all circumstances.
-St. Vincent de Paul
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Those who are motivated only by desire for the fruits of action are miserable, for they are constantly anxious about the results of what they do.
-Bhagavad Gita 2:49
Excerpted from The Bhagavad Gita
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The road through life is like the edge of a blade, with the netherworld on either side.
- Moshe Leib of Sasov
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I am too blessed to be stressed!
-Anonymous
Why should we turn to any other?
The scant knowledge that endures in my soul,
deliver it from the wiles of the body's clay
before this clay consumes it away,
before these winds sweep it away.
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed.
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Make it a practice to judge person and things in the most favorable light at all times, in all circumstances.
-St. Vincent de Paul
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Those who are motivated only by desire for the fruits of action are miserable, for they are constantly anxious about the results of what they do.
-Bhagavad Gita 2:49
Excerpted from The Bhagavad Gita
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The road through life is like the edge of a blade, with the netherworld on either side.
- Moshe Leib of Sasov
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I am too blessed to be stressed!
-Anonymous
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Because of God's grace, failure is never final.
-from a church sign
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Free from anger,
duties observed,
principled, with no overbearing pride,
trained, a 'last-body':
he's what I call
a brahmin.
Like water on a lotus leaf,
a mustard seed on the tip of an awl,
he doesn't adhere to sensual pleasures:
he's what I call
a brahmin.
-Dhammapada, 26, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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Perseverance generates prosperity,
and the lack of it engenders poverty.
They say the black ogress called Misfortune lurks in laziness,
while Goddess Fortune lingers in the laboring toils of active men.
-Tirukural 62: 616-617
Excerpted from the Tirukkural
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Man is wise only while in search of wisdom; when he imagines he has attained it, he is a fool.
- Solomon Ibn Gabirol, "Mibhar HaPeninim"
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We can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts.
-Madeleine L'Engle
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-from a church sign
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Free from anger,
duties observed,
principled, with no overbearing pride,
trained, a 'last-body':
he's what I call
a brahmin.
Like water on a lotus leaf,
a mustard seed on the tip of an awl,
he doesn't adhere to sensual pleasures:
he's what I call
a brahmin.
-Dhammapada, 26, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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Perseverance generates prosperity,
and the lack of it engenders poverty.
They say the black ogress called Misfortune lurks in laziness,
while Goddess Fortune lingers in the laboring toils of active men.
-Tirukural 62: 616-617
Excerpted from the Tirukkural
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Man is wise only while in search of wisdom; when he imagines he has attained it, he is a fool.
- Solomon Ibn Gabirol, "Mibhar HaPeninim"
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We can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts.
-Madeleine L'Engle
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“It is our business to go as we are impelled.”
-D.H. Lawrence
We are attracted to what we are attracted to for a reason. We want what we want for a reason. We are drawn in a certain direction for a reason. These are all clues as to our purpose in life. Our instincts work to bring us to our desires. They don’t come to us so much as we go to them through our actions and efforts.
-D.H. Lawrence
We are attracted to what we are attracted to for a reason. We want what we want for a reason. We are drawn in a certain direction for a reason. These are all clues as to our purpose in life. Our instincts work to bring us to our desires. They don’t come to us so much as we go to them through our actions and efforts.
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Surrender yourself to God. Wish for nothing but one thing: that his will be done, that his kingdom come, and that his nature be revealed. Then all will be well.
-Eberhard Arnold
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Describing his awakening, the Buddha said: "Coming to be, coming to be! Ceasing to be, ceasing to be! At that thought, monks, there arose in me a vision of things not before called to mind. Knowledge arose--such is form, such is the coming to be of form, such is its passing away. Recognition arose--such is its coming to be, such is its passing away. And the state of abiding in the understanding of arising and passing away--that too arose."
-Samyutta Nikaya
From "The Pocket Buddha Reader
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Know him to be the supreme magician
Who has become boy and girl, bird and beast.
He is the bestower of all blessings,
And his grace fills the heart with profound peace.
Know him to be the supreme source of all
The gods, sole support of the universe,
The sower of the golden seed of life.
May he grant us the grace of wisdom.
-Shvetashvatara Upanishad
Excerpted from The Upanishads
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-Eberhard Arnold
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Describing his awakening, the Buddha said: "Coming to be, coming to be! Ceasing to be, ceasing to be! At that thought, monks, there arose in me a vision of things not before called to mind. Knowledge arose--such is form, such is the coming to be of form, such is its passing away. Recognition arose--such is its coming to be, such is its passing away. And the state of abiding in the understanding of arising and passing away--that too arose."
-Samyutta Nikaya
From "The Pocket Buddha Reader
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Know him to be the supreme magician
Who has become boy and girl, bird and beast.
He is the bestower of all blessings,
And his grace fills the heart with profound peace.
Know him to be the supreme source of all
The gods, sole support of the universe,
The sower of the golden seed of life.
May he grant us the grace of wisdom.
-Shvetashvatara Upanishad
Excerpted from The Upanishads
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“Silent gratitude isn’t much use to anyone.”
-Gladys Browyn Stern
We know that it is good manners to write thank you notes, and yet it always seems to be a chore. Instead, focus on how the person receiving the note feels to receive your gratitude. It’s not enough to appreciate someone; we need to express it. We need to declare it, and shout it out sometimes!
-Gladys Browyn Stern
We know that it is good manners to write thank you notes, and yet it always seems to be a chore. Instead, focus on how the person receiving the note feels to receive your gratitude. It’s not enough to appreciate someone; we need to express it. We need to declare it, and shout it out sometimes!
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Jesus Christ is not a security from storms. He is the perfect security in storms.
-Kathy Troccoli
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Enlightenment--that magnificent escape from anguish and ignorance--never happens by accident. It results from the brave and sometimes lonely battle of one person against his own weaknesses.
-Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano, "Landscapes of Wonder"
Copyright Wisdom Publications 2001
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The scriptures describe the three gunas. But you should be free from the action of the gunas, established in eternal truth, self-controlled, without any sense of duality or the desire to acquire and hoard.
-Bhagavad Gita 2:45
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As from a large heap of flowers many garlands and wreaths are made, so by a mortal in this life there is much good work to be done.
- Buddha
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Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.
-Betty Smith
-Kathy Troccoli
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Enlightenment--that magnificent escape from anguish and ignorance--never happens by accident. It results from the brave and sometimes lonely battle of one person against his own weaknesses.
-Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano, "Landscapes of Wonder"
Copyright Wisdom Publications 2001
***
The scriptures describe the three gunas. But you should be free from the action of the gunas, established in eternal truth, self-controlled, without any sense of duality or the desire to acquire and hoard.
-Bhagavad Gita 2:45
***
As from a large heap of flowers many garlands and wreaths are made, so by a mortal in this life there is much good work to be done.
- Buddha
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Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.
-Betty Smith
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“When something does not insist on being noticed, when we aren’t grabbed by the collar or struck on the skull by a presence or an event, we take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.”
-Cynthia Ozick
We wake up in the morning – old hat, think nothing of it. We might even grumble at the early hour, or the cold floor, or the rain. But what a miracle that we have another day at hand! We have another opportunity filled experience to embrace. Where is our gratitude? Start the day with gratitude, and feel that gratitude lift us above any seemingly annoying little non-issues to appreciate all that we have, and all that we are.
-Cynthia Ozick
We wake up in the morning – old hat, think nothing of it. We might even grumble at the early hour, or the cold floor, or the rain. But what a miracle that we have another day at hand! We have another opportunity filled experience to embrace. Where is our gratitude? Start the day with gratitude, and feel that gratitude lift us above any seemingly annoying little non-issues to appreciate all that we have, and all that we are.
“Decision is a sharp knife that cuts clean and straight; indecision, a dull one that hacks and tears and leaves ragged edges behind it.”
-Gordon Graham
In a state of indecision we can’t move – we’re stuck, stagnant. Indecision weighs us down. Indecision hurts us by wasting our time, and the time of everyone around us who is affected by the indecision. But decision, even if it’s a tough decision, moves us forward. We are clear and concise and those around us know where we stand so that they can make their own decisions with more knowledge of the overall situation.
-Gordon Graham
In a state of indecision we can’t move – we’re stuck, stagnant. Indecision weighs us down. Indecision hurts us by wasting our time, and the time of everyone around us who is affected by the indecision. But decision, even if it’s a tough decision, moves us forward. We are clear and concise and those around us know where we stand so that they can make their own decisions with more knowledge of the overall situation.
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Patience comes in three stages: first, one learns not to follow the baser self; second, one learns to content oneself with one's fate; finally, one surrenders oneself to the Master's will and discovers within love and compassion, the greatest of all achievements.
-Al-Ghazzali, "Ibya Ulum Id-Din"
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed
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When I worship, I would rather my heart be without words than my words be without heart.
-Lamar Boschman
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Where there is great hatred, are the fetters of hell.
Where there is great avarice, are the fetters of the tortured spirits.
Where there is great ignorance, are the fetters of the beasts.
Where there is great lust, are the fetters of man.
Where there is great envy, are the fetters of the demigods.
Where there is great pride, are the fetters of the gods.
These are the six fetters of non-liberation.
-Hundred Thousand Songs, Selections for Milarepa
From "365 Buddha: Daily Meditations
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To see God everywhere you have to have special eyes, otherwise you cannot bear the shock.
-Neem Karoli Baba
Reprinted with permission from "The Wisdom of the Hindu Gurus,
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Man, a miniature world, in whom there is the completion of the cosmic order, and its beauty, glory, and perfection.
- Bahya ben Joseph ibn Pakuda, Hovot HaLevavot
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Give, and it will be given to you.
-Jesus
-Al-Ghazzali, "Ibya Ulum Id-Din"
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed
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When I worship, I would rather my heart be without words than my words be without heart.
-Lamar Boschman
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Where there is great hatred, are the fetters of hell.
Where there is great avarice, are the fetters of the tortured spirits.
Where there is great ignorance, are the fetters of the beasts.
Where there is great lust, are the fetters of man.
Where there is great envy, are the fetters of the demigods.
Where there is great pride, are the fetters of the gods.
These are the six fetters of non-liberation.
-Hundred Thousand Songs, Selections for Milarepa
From "365 Buddha: Daily Meditations
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To see God everywhere you have to have special eyes, otherwise you cannot bear the shock.
-Neem Karoli Baba
Reprinted with permission from "The Wisdom of the Hindu Gurus,
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Man, a miniature world, in whom there is the completion of the cosmic order, and its beauty, glory, and perfection.
- Bahya ben Joseph ibn Pakuda, Hovot HaLevavot
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Give, and it will be given to you.
-Jesus
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The effect of awe is the disappearance of self; the self which is in a state of awe, disappears. Levels of awe may be measured by the degree to which the self has disappeared; some people are at a higer level of awe than others.
The effect of intimacy, by contrast, is alertness; those who are intimate, are alert. A person who is fully intimate, could be thrown into a fire, and the intimacy would not be disturbed.
-Qushayri, "Risalah"
From "366 Readings From Islam," translated by Robert Van der Weyer. Copyright 2000
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Let everyone understand that the real love of God does not consist in tear-shedding...but in serving God by serving those around us, in justice, fortitude of soul, and humility.
-St. Teresa of Avila
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Right speech, harmlessness,
Restraint in speaking ill of others,
Moderation in food, at peace in remoteness and solitude,
Devotion to higher meditation.
This is the teaching of the Buddhas.
-Dhammapada 185
From "365 Buddha: Daily Meditations,"
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The virtuous householder supports the needs
Of renunciates, ancestors and the poor.
The foremost duty of family life is to duly serve these five:
God, guests, kindred, ancestors and one's self.
-Tirukkural 5:42-43
Excerpted from the Tirukkural, translated by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami.
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There is a single Jewish world?intertwined, interconnected.
- Ralph I. Goldman, Statement, May 1979
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One of God's arrangements is that after winter there should come beautiful spring days. It happens every year and it happens in every life.
-Father Joseph (Submitted by LotusSong
The effect of intimacy, by contrast, is alertness; those who are intimate, are alert. A person who is fully intimate, could be thrown into a fire, and the intimacy would not be disturbed.
-Qushayri, "Risalah"
From "366 Readings From Islam," translated by Robert Van der Weyer. Copyright 2000
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Let everyone understand that the real love of God does not consist in tear-shedding...but in serving God by serving those around us, in justice, fortitude of soul, and humility.
-St. Teresa of Avila
***
Right speech, harmlessness,
Restraint in speaking ill of others,
Moderation in food, at peace in remoteness and solitude,
Devotion to higher meditation.
This is the teaching of the Buddhas.
-Dhammapada 185
From "365 Buddha: Daily Meditations,"
***
The virtuous householder supports the needs
Of renunciates, ancestors and the poor.
The foremost duty of family life is to duly serve these five:
God, guests, kindred, ancestors and one's self.
-Tirukkural 5:42-43
Excerpted from the Tirukkural, translated by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami.
***
There is a single Jewish world?intertwined, interconnected.
- Ralph I. Goldman, Statement, May 1979
***
One of God's arrangements is that after winter there should come beautiful spring days. It happens every year and it happens in every life.
-Father Joseph (Submitted by LotusSong
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Strengthen yourselves with patient prayer. God is close to those who are patient. Those who have died in God's cause, are not dead; they are alive, even though you cannot see them.
-Qur'an, Al-Baqara, Surah 2:153
From "366 Readings From Islam,"
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We call this time Advent because it reminds us of what comes from God for the creation of his kingdom on earth.
-C.F. Blumhardt
***
I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure--which is: Try to please everybody.
- Herbert Swope, address, Dec. 20, 1950
***
-Qur'an, Al-Baqara, Surah 2:153
From "366 Readings From Islam,"
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We call this time Advent because it reminds us of what comes from God for the creation of his kingdom on earth.
-C.F. Blumhardt
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I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure--which is: Try to please everybody.
- Herbert Swope, address, Dec. 20, 1950
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When your heart becomes a seat of secrets, you will come to your destination. Hide your innermost thoughts, said the Prophet, and you will attain your object of desire. Seeds are buried in the earth, but their innermost secrets bloom as an exquisite garden.
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed
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I believe there is nothing lovelier, deeper, more sympathetic, and more perfect than the Savior; there is in the world only one figure of absolute beauty: Christ.
-Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Form is suffering. The cause and condition for the arising of form is also suffering. As form has originated from what is suffering, how could it be happiness?
-"The Connected Discourses of the Buddha"
Copyright Wisdom Publications 2001
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Whenever dharma declines and the purpose of life is forgotten, I manifest myself on earth. I am born in every age to protect the good, to destroy evil, and to re-establish dharma.
-Bhagavad Gita 4:7-8
Excerpted from The Bhagavad Gita,
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Sometimes the angel appears in the form of a friend who says exactly the words we need to hear that day. Or you will unwillingly act as an angel to someone else, tossing off a message so casually that, though it saves another person's life, you hardly remember the moment at all.
- Sophy Burnham
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Aim at Heaven and you will get Earth thrown in. Aim at Earth and you get neither.
-C.S. Lewis
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed
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I believe there is nothing lovelier, deeper, more sympathetic, and more perfect than the Savior; there is in the world only one figure of absolute beauty: Christ.
-Fyodor Dostoevsky
***
Form is suffering. The cause and condition for the arising of form is also suffering. As form has originated from what is suffering, how could it be happiness?
-"The Connected Discourses of the Buddha"
Copyright Wisdom Publications 2001
***
Whenever dharma declines and the purpose of life is forgotten, I manifest myself on earth. I am born in every age to protect the good, to destroy evil, and to re-establish dharma.
-Bhagavad Gita 4:7-8
Excerpted from The Bhagavad Gita,
***
Sometimes the angel appears in the form of a friend who says exactly the words we need to hear that day. Or you will unwillingly act as an angel to someone else, tossing off a message so casually that, though it saves another person's life, you hardly remember the moment at all.
- Sophy Burnham
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Aim at Heaven and you will get Earth thrown in. Aim at Earth and you get neither.
-C.S. Lewis
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Believers, remain conscious of Allah and seek the path that leads to Him. Strive in His way that you may prosper.
-Qur'an, Al-Ma'idah, 5:35
From "The Bounty of Allah,"
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Forsaking dark practices,
the wise person
should develop the bright,
having gone from home
to no-home
in seclusion, so hard to enjoy.
There he should wish for delight,
discarding sensuality--
he who has nothing.
He should cleanse himself--wise--
of what defiles the mind.
-Dhammapada, 6, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
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Virtue is living in such a way that one does not fall into these four:
Envy, anger, greed and unsavory speech.
Don't tell yourself tomorrow you'll be wise enough to practice virtue.
Do it now, for it will be your deathless companion when you die.
-Tirukkural 4:35-36
Excerpted from the Tirukkural
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The dietary laws train us to master our appetites... and not to consider... eating and drinking the end of man's existence.
- Maimonides, Guide for the Perplexed
-Qur'an, Al-Ma'idah, 5:35
From "The Bounty of Allah,"
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Forsaking dark practices,
the wise person
should develop the bright,
having gone from home
to no-home
in seclusion, so hard to enjoy.
There he should wish for delight,
discarding sensuality--
he who has nothing.
He should cleanse himself--wise--
of what defiles the mind.
-Dhammapada, 6, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
***
Virtue is living in such a way that one does not fall into these four:
Envy, anger, greed and unsavory speech.
Don't tell yourself tomorrow you'll be wise enough to practice virtue.
Do it now, for it will be your deathless companion when you die.
-Tirukkural 4:35-36
Excerpted from the Tirukkural
***
The dietary laws train us to master our appetites... and not to consider... eating and drinking the end of man's existence.
- Maimonides, Guide for the Perplexed
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A man with outward courage dares to die. A man with inward courage dares to live.
-Lao-Tzu
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Anyone who, even for a second, feels a pure, clear confidence on hearing the truth will experience immeasurable happiness. Why? Because, at that moment, that person is not caught up in the concept of a self or a living being or a life span. He is not caught up in concepts about the world, nor is he caught up in concepts about nothingness. He does not take any notice of the idea that this is a sign, or this or that is not a sign.
For if you are caught up in ideas, then you will be caught up in the self. And even if you are caught up in ideas about nothingness, you will still be caught up in the self. That's why we should not get attached to the belief that things either exist or do not exist. This is the hidden meaning when I say that my teachings are a raft to be abandoned when you see true being.
-Diamond Sutra
From "The Pocket Buddha Reader
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The milk of cows of any hue is white.
The sages say that wisdom is the milk
And the sacred scriptures are the cows.
-Amritabindu Upanishad
Excerpted from The Upanishads
***
Through faith man experiences the meaning of the world; through action he is to give to it a meaning.
- Leo Baeck, "Essence of Judaism"
-Lao-Tzu
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Anyone who, even for a second, feels a pure, clear confidence on hearing the truth will experience immeasurable happiness. Why? Because, at that moment, that person is not caught up in the concept of a self or a living being or a life span. He is not caught up in concepts about the world, nor is he caught up in concepts about nothingness. He does not take any notice of the idea that this is a sign, or this or that is not a sign.
For if you are caught up in ideas, then you will be caught up in the self. And even if you are caught up in ideas about nothingness, you will still be caught up in the self. That's why we should not get attached to the belief that things either exist or do not exist. This is the hidden meaning when I say that my teachings are a raft to be abandoned when you see true being.
-Diamond Sutra
From "The Pocket Buddha Reader
***
The milk of cows of any hue is white.
The sages say that wisdom is the milk
And the sacred scriptures are the cows.
-Amritabindu Upanishad
Excerpted from The Upanishads
***
Through faith man experiences the meaning of the world; through action he is to give to it a meaning.
- Leo Baeck, "Essence of Judaism"
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God scatters His light over all spirits. The fortunate hold up their skirts to receive it. Those who receive His light turn from all except God. Without the skirt of love, we cannot receive our share.
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed
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Blessings hemmed with praise will not unravel.
-Unknown
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Do not ask the Lord to guide your footsteps, if you are not willing to move your feet.
-Anonymous
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed
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Blessings hemmed with praise will not unravel.
-Unknown
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Do not ask the Lord to guide your footsteps, if you are not willing to move your feet.
-Anonymous
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True repentance entails constant regret of your sins. Without remorse, good deeds, be they abounding, could be eclipsed by pride that follows piety. Remorse for a sin is superior to good works. Never forget your transgressions to save yourself from conceit.
-Al-Hujwiri, "The Kashf al-Mahjub"
From "The Bounty of Allah,"
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What have I to fear if everything is guided and sustained by God?
-Carlo Carretto
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A sage does not speak in terms of being equal, lower or higher. Calmed and without selfishness he neither grasps nor rejects.
-Sutta Nipata
From "365 Buddha: Daily Meditations,"
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Oh my heart! The Supreme Spirit, the Great Master, is near you. Wake up! Wake up! Run to the feet of your Beloved, for your Lord is here. You have slept for untold ages, this morning will you not awake?
-Kabir
Reprinted with permission from "The Wisdom of the Hindu Gurus,
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Do you know what the greatest test is? Do you still get excited about what you do when you get up in the morning?
-David Halberstam
-Al-Hujwiri, "The Kashf al-Mahjub"
From "The Bounty of Allah,"
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What have I to fear if everything is guided and sustained by God?
-Carlo Carretto
***
A sage does not speak in terms of being equal, lower or higher. Calmed and without selfishness he neither grasps nor rejects.
-Sutta Nipata
From "365 Buddha: Daily Meditations,"
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Oh my heart! The Supreme Spirit, the Great Master, is near you. Wake up! Wake up! Run to the feet of your Beloved, for your Lord is here. You have slept for untold ages, this morning will you not awake?
-Kabir
Reprinted with permission from "The Wisdom of the Hindu Gurus,
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Do you know what the greatest test is? Do you still get excited about what you do when you get up in the morning?
-David Halberstam
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Guest
“When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one’s imagination.”
-Ellen Key
In the film world, we see that anything is possible. Why? Because there are writers and actors and directors working together to create a reality for the big screen. Many of these production companies have names that emphasize that it is an illusion that we are watching, like “Dreamworks” or “Imagine Films.” In the “real” world, anything is possible, but we don’t always believe it. We limit ourselves to what we have already experienced, or what we can see, or feel. But the truth is that we are creating our reality everyday, just the same way that filmmakers are making movies. We’re writing our script, and acting it out. If we want to change something, we can change it. We have that power.
-Ellen Key
In the film world, we see that anything is possible. Why? Because there are writers and actors and directors working together to create a reality for the big screen. Many of these production companies have names that emphasize that it is an illusion that we are watching, like “Dreamworks” or “Imagine Films.” In the “real” world, anything is possible, but we don’t always believe it. We limit ourselves to what we have already experienced, or what we can see, or feel. But the truth is that we are creating our reality everyday, just the same way that filmmakers are making movies. We’re writing our script, and acting it out. If we want to change something, we can change it. We have that power.
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Guest
Most people act on their own account; they pursue personal ambitions without seeking God?s guidance and grace. By asserting the self they will achieve nothing.
-Junayd: Tawhid
From 366 Readings From Islam
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Faith is not only a commitment to the promises of Christ; faith is also a commitment to the demands of Christ.
-William Barclay
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Hostilities aren't stilled
through hostility,
regardless.
Hostilities are stilled
through non-hostility:
this, an unending truth.
-Dhammapada, 1, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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Those who honorably pursue glory never act ingloriously,
even if glorious fame is to be gained.
Cultivate modesty in the midst of good fortune,
but in times of adversity preserve your dignity.
-Tirukkural 962-963
Excerpted from the Tirukkural
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The Sabbath is a mirror of the world to come.
- Zohar, Genesis, 48a
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-Junayd: Tawhid
From 366 Readings From Islam
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Faith is not only a commitment to the promises of Christ; faith is also a commitment to the demands of Christ.
-William Barclay
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Hostilities aren't stilled
through hostility,
regardless.
Hostilities are stilled
through non-hostility:
this, an unending truth.
-Dhammapada, 1, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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Those who honorably pursue glory never act ingloriously,
even if glorious fame is to be gained.
Cultivate modesty in the midst of good fortune,
but in times of adversity preserve your dignity.
-Tirukkural 962-963
Excerpted from the Tirukkural
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The Sabbath is a mirror of the world to come.
- Zohar, Genesis, 48a
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Guest
If those who are like wanton children
Are by nature prone to injure others,
What point is there in being angry--
Like resenting fire for its heat?
-Bodhicaryavatara
From "365 Buddha: Daily Meditations
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Each time you think about that for which you are waiting, imagine that the angels are saying to you (or say to yourself), "Patience." ...Practice using the word patience as a signal to relax and trust the angels.
- Terry Lynn Taylor,
"Angel Days"
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Repose is good when it is rest, when we have chosen it...it is not good when it is our sole occupation.
- Ludwig Boerne, "From My Diary"
Are by nature prone to injure others,
What point is there in being angry--
Like resenting fire for its heat?
-Bodhicaryavatara
From "365 Buddha: Daily Meditations
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Each time you think about that for which you are waiting, imagine that the angels are saying to you (or say to yourself), "Patience." ...Practice using the word patience as a signal to relax and trust the angels.
- Terry Lynn Taylor,
"Angel Days"
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Repose is good when it is rest, when we have chosen it...it is not good when it is our sole occupation.
- Ludwig Boerne, "From My Diary"
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Guest
Hundreds of thousands of inner eyes were opened and through Your breath made ready to reflect upon the unseen.
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
From "The Bounty of Allah,"
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When you face the perils of weariness, carelessness, and confusion, don't pray for an easier life. Pray instead to be a stronger man or woman of God.
-Luis Palau
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Develop a meditation that is like water. Doing this, you will find that the thoughts and impressions that possess you will flow away. Just as people wash away their body liquids, their sweat and spittle, pus and blood, and yet the water is not troubled or disgusted--so this water meditation will bring you peace.
-Majjhima Nikaya
Majjhima Nikaya. From "The Pocket Buddha Reader
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Those established in the Self have renounced selfish attachments to their actions and cut through doubts with spiritual wisdom. They act in freedom.
-Bhagavad Gita 4:41
Excerpted from The Bhagavad Gita
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A truly generous man is he that always gives, whether it be much or little, before he is asked.
- Orchot Tsadiqim
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
From "The Bounty of Allah,"
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When you face the perils of weariness, carelessness, and confusion, don't pray for an easier life. Pray instead to be a stronger man or woman of God.
-Luis Palau
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Develop a meditation that is like water. Doing this, you will find that the thoughts and impressions that possess you will flow away. Just as people wash away their body liquids, their sweat and spittle, pus and blood, and yet the water is not troubled or disgusted--so this water meditation will bring you peace.
-Majjhima Nikaya
Majjhima Nikaya. From "The Pocket Buddha Reader
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Those established in the Self have renounced selfish attachments to their actions and cut through doubts with spiritual wisdom. They act in freedom.
-Bhagavad Gita 4:41
Excerpted from The Bhagavad Gita
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A truly generous man is he that always gives, whether it be much or little, before he is asked.
- Orchot Tsadiqim
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Guest
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Guest
Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson (submitted by Jillin2001)
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Every person's deeds have been fastened to his own neck, and on the Day of Resurrection We shall bring them before him in the form of a book which he will find wide open. And he will be told, "Read your book. Your own soul is sufficient this day to call you to account."
-Qur'an, Al-Isra, Surah 17:13-14
From "The Bounty of Allah,"
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Love involves nourishing someone else?s soul and not only finding someone willing to nourish yours.
-Harold Kushner
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For a person of unsteady mind,
Not knowing true Dhamma,
Serenity
Set adrift:
Discernment doesn't grow full.
For a person of unsoddened mind,
Unassaulted awareness,
Abandoning merit & evil,
Wakeful,
There is no danger
No fear.
-Dhammapada, 3, translation by Thanissaro Bhikku.
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The world commends the civility of those
who combine fruitful effort and kindly benevolence.
Disparaging words are painful even when uttered in jest.
Hence, knowers of human nature are courteous even to enemies.
-Tirukkural 100: 994-995
Excerpted from the Tirukkural
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What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth.
- Jewish proverb
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Money is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.
-P.T. Barnum
-Ralph Waldo Emerson (submitted by Jillin2001)
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Every person's deeds have been fastened to his own neck, and on the Day of Resurrection We shall bring them before him in the form of a book which he will find wide open. And he will be told, "Read your book. Your own soul is sufficient this day to call you to account."
-Qur'an, Al-Isra, Surah 17:13-14
From "The Bounty of Allah,"
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Love involves nourishing someone else?s soul and not only finding someone willing to nourish yours.
-Harold Kushner
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For a person of unsteady mind,
Not knowing true Dhamma,
Serenity
Set adrift:
Discernment doesn't grow full.
For a person of unsoddened mind,
Unassaulted awareness,
Abandoning merit & evil,
Wakeful,
There is no danger
No fear.
-Dhammapada, 3, translation by Thanissaro Bhikku.
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The world commends the civility of those
who combine fruitful effort and kindly benevolence.
Disparaging words are painful even when uttered in jest.
Hence, knowers of human nature are courteous even to enemies.
-Tirukkural 100: 994-995
Excerpted from the Tirukkural
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What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth.
- Jewish proverb
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Money is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.
-P.T. Barnum
Prather, Hugh
The ego, as a collection of our past experiences, is continually offering miserable lines of thought. It's as if there were a stream with little fish swimming by, and when we hook one of them there is a judgment. The ego is constantly judging everybody and everything. It has its constant little chit chat about things that can happen in the future, things about the past, too, and these are the little fish that swim by. And what we learn to do-this is why it takes work-is not to reach out and grab a fish, you see.
The ego, as a collection of our past experiences, is continually offering miserable lines of thought. It's as if there were a stream with little fish swimming by, and when we hook one of them there is a judgment. The ego is constantly judging everybody and everything. It has its constant little chit chat about things that can happen in the future, things about the past, too, and these are the little fish that swim by. And what we learn to do-this is why it takes work-is not to reach out and grab a fish, you see.
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Guest
In the secret cave of the heart, two are seated
By life's fountain. The separate ego
Drinks of the sweet and bitter stuff,
Liking the sweet, disliking the bitter,
While the supreme Self drinks sweet and bitter
Neither liking this nor disliking that.
The ego gropes in darkness, while the Self
Lives in light. So declare the illumined sages
And the householders who worship
The sacred fire in the name of the Lord.
-Katha Upanishad
Excerpted from The Upanishads,
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If you add to the truth, you subtract from it.
- The Talmud
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By life's fountain. The separate ego
Drinks of the sweet and bitter stuff,
Liking the sweet, disliking the bitter,
While the supreme Self drinks sweet and bitter
Neither liking this nor disliking that.
The ego gropes in darkness, while the Self
Lives in light. So declare the illumined sages
And the householders who worship
The sacred fire in the name of the Lord.
-Katha Upanishad
Excerpted from The Upanishads,
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If you add to the truth, you subtract from it.
- The Talmud
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