God created man in order to have some on whom to shower his love.
-Irenaeus of Lyons
***
Everything works out in the end. If it hasn't worked out, it's not the end.
-Unknown
***
The Self is hidden in the hearts of all,
As butter lies hidden in cream. Realize
The Self in the depths of meditation—
The Lord of Love, supreme Reality,
Who is the goal of all knowledge.
-Shvetashvatara Upanishad
***
When the community is in trouble, a person should not say, "I will go to my house and I will eat and drink and be at peace with myself."
- Babylonian Talmud, Ta'anit 11a
***
Do not treat people with contempt, nor walk insolently on the earth. Allah does not love the arrogant or the self-conceited boaster. Be modest in your bearing and subdue your voice, for the most unpleasant of voices is the braying of the ass.
-Luqman 31:18-19
***
Through heedfulness, Indra won
to lordship over the gods.
Heedfulness is praised,
heedlessness censured—
always.
-Dhammapada, 30, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
***
Quote
Mere change is not growth. Growth is the synthesis of change and continuity, and where there is no continuity there is no growth.
-C.S. Lewis
***
It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of doom.
-William Dean Howells
***
What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth.
- Jewish proverb
***
Subhuti asked: "How does a person practice all the perfections?"
The Buddha replied: "By not perceiving any duality. Through understanding this nonduality he teaches reality to all beings. With physical energy, he travels widely to teach. With mental energy, he guards against the arising of such ideas as "permanence or impermanence," "good or evil," and so on. With the perfection of wisdom, he does not consider anything ultimately real but serves all beings with loving attention so that energy, patience, and meditation will be aroused in them. but even though he attends to the minutest detail of whatever must be done, he never grasps it or tries to make ultimate sense of it, because he knows it has no enduring substance of its own."
-Prajnaparmita
-C.S. Lewis
***
It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of doom.
-William Dean Howells
***
What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth.
- Jewish proverb
***
Subhuti asked: "How does a person practice all the perfections?"
The Buddha replied: "By not perceiving any duality. Through understanding this nonduality he teaches reality to all beings. With physical energy, he travels widely to teach. With mental energy, he guards against the arising of such ideas as "permanence or impermanence," "good or evil," and so on. With the perfection of wisdom, he does not consider anything ultimately real but serves all beings with loving attention so that energy, patience, and meditation will be aroused in them. but even though he attends to the minutest detail of whatever must be done, he never grasps it or tries to make ultimate sense of it, because he knows it has no enduring substance of its own."
-Prajnaparmita
There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice.
-John Calvin
***
There are years that ask questions, and years that answer.
-Zora Neale Hurston
***
While praying, listen to the words very carefully. When your heart is attentive, your entire being enters your prayer without your having to force it.
- Rebbe Nachman of Breslov
***
-John Calvin
***
There are years that ask questions, and years that answer.
-Zora Neale Hurston
***
While praying, listen to the words very carefully. When your heart is attentive, your entire being enters your prayer without your having to force it.
- Rebbe Nachman of Breslov
***
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
-Matthew 5:9 (Revised Standard Version)
***
When the Self is known,
All illusions vanish.
The veil falls,
And you see clearly.
Your sorrows are dispelled.
For the Self is free
And lives forever.
Everything else is imagination,
Nothing more!
Because he understands this,
The master acts like a child.
-Ashtavakra Gita 18:6-7
***
Who lives in joy does his Creator's will.
- Baal Shem Tov
***
Fools exult in life while the pious prepare for the journey ahead. A major portion of their wealth is spent in God's way, and they themselves suffice with the bare minimum, striving toward the hereafter. They even sacrifice fine victuals confident in the faith that they shall be blessed with better in the hereafter. Even God cherishes them because of their conviction and devotion.
-Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jillani
***
-Matthew 5:9 (Revised Standard Version)
***
When the Self is known,
All illusions vanish.
The veil falls,
And you see clearly.
Your sorrows are dispelled.
For the Self is free
And lives forever.
Everything else is imagination,
Nothing more!
Because he understands this,
The master acts like a child.
-Ashtavakra Gita 18:6-7
***
Who lives in joy does his Creator's will.
- Baal Shem Tov
***
Fools exult in life while the pious prepare for the journey ahead. A major portion of their wealth is spent in God's way, and they themselves suffice with the bare minimum, striving toward the hereafter. They even sacrifice fine victuals confident in the faith that they shall be blessed with better in the hereafter. Even God cherishes them because of their conviction and devotion.
-Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jillani
***
Jesus did not come to make God’s love possible, but to make God’s love visible.
-Unknown
***
The whole worth of a kind deed is in the love that
inspires it.
-The Talmud
***
By this invocation of peace may peace bring peace!
With this peace the dreadful I now appease,
with this peace the cruel I now appease,
with this peace all evil I now appease,
so that peace may prevail, happiness prevail!
May everything for us be peaceful!
-Athara Veda
***
Whoever lives a godly life may become, not alone his own redeemer, but also in some degree the redeemer of the world.
- Hyman Enelow, Selected Works, 1935
***
Make the pilgrimage, visiting the sacred house, for God's sake. But if you are prevented from making the pilgrimage, send such an offering as you can afford.
-Qur'an, Al-Baqara, Surah 2:196
***
Transient is this world; like phantoms and dreams,
Substance it has none. Grasp not the world nor your kin;
Cut the strings of lust and hatred; meditate in woods and mountains.
If without effort you remain loosely in the "natural state," soon Mahamudra you will win and attain the Non-attainment.
-Tilopa, "The Song of Mahamudra"
***
Birth ceases when all attachments are severed;
Otherwise, one beholds unceasingly the transitoriness of life.
Attach yourself to Him who is free from all attachments.
Bind yourself to that bond in order that all other bonds may be broken.
-Tirukkural 35: 349-350
-Unknown
***
The whole worth of a kind deed is in the love that
inspires it.
-The Talmud
***
By this invocation of peace may peace bring peace!
With this peace the dreadful I now appease,
with this peace the cruel I now appease,
with this peace all evil I now appease,
so that peace may prevail, happiness prevail!
May everything for us be peaceful!
-Athara Veda
***
Whoever lives a godly life may become, not alone his own redeemer, but also in some degree the redeemer of the world.
- Hyman Enelow, Selected Works, 1935
***
Make the pilgrimage, visiting the sacred house, for God's sake. But if you are prevented from making the pilgrimage, send such an offering as you can afford.
-Qur'an, Al-Baqara, Surah 2:196
***
Transient is this world; like phantoms and dreams,
Substance it has none. Grasp not the world nor your kin;
Cut the strings of lust and hatred; meditate in woods and mountains.
If without effort you remain loosely in the "natural state," soon Mahamudra you will win and attain the Non-attainment.
-Tilopa, "The Song of Mahamudra"
***
Birth ceases when all attachments are severed;
Otherwise, one beholds unceasingly the transitoriness of life.
Attach yourself to Him who is free from all attachments.
Bind yourself to that bond in order that all other bonds may be broken.
-Tirukkural 35: 349-350
I am not where I need to be, but thank God I am not where I used to be.
-Joyce Meyers
***
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you'll help them to become what they are capable of becoming.
-Goethe
***
Having taught the Vedas, the teacher says:
"Speak the truth. Do your duty. Neglect not
The scriptures. Give your best to your teacher.
Do not cut off the line of progeny. Swerve not
From the truth. Swerve not from the good.
Protect your spiritual progress always.
Give your best in learning and teaching.
Never fail in respect to the sages.
See the divine in your mother, father,
Teacher, and guest. Never do what is wrong.
Honor those who are worthy of honor.
Give with faith. Give with love. Give with joy.
If you are in doubt about the right conduct,
Follow the example of the sages,
Who know what is best for spiritual growth.
This is the instruction of the Vedas;
This is the secret; this is the message."
-Taittiriya Upanishad
***
Whoever reports a saying in the name of its originator brings the world toward redemption.
- Ethics of the Fathers 6:6
***
To travel with the unawakened makes the journey long and hard and is as painful as traveling with an enemy. But the company of the wise is as pleasant as meeting with friends.
Follow the wise, the intelligent, and the awakened. Follow them as the moon follows the path of the stars.
-Dhammapada
***
-Joyce Meyers
***
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you'll help them to become what they are capable of becoming.
-Goethe
***
Having taught the Vedas, the teacher says:
"Speak the truth. Do your duty. Neglect not
The scriptures. Give your best to your teacher.
Do not cut off the line of progeny. Swerve not
From the truth. Swerve not from the good.
Protect your spiritual progress always.
Give your best in learning and teaching.
Never fail in respect to the sages.
See the divine in your mother, father,
Teacher, and guest. Never do what is wrong.
Honor those who are worthy of honor.
Give with faith. Give with love. Give with joy.
If you are in doubt about the right conduct,
Follow the example of the sages,
Who know what is best for spiritual growth.
This is the instruction of the Vedas;
This is the secret; this is the message."
-Taittiriya Upanishad
***
Whoever reports a saying in the name of its originator brings the world toward redemption.
- Ethics of the Fathers 6:6
***
To travel with the unawakened makes the journey long and hard and is as painful as traveling with an enemy. But the company of the wise is as pleasant as meeting with friends.
Follow the wise, the intelligent, and the awakened. Follow them as the moon follows the path of the stars.
-Dhammapada
***
God, who needs nothing, loves into existence wholly superfluous creatures in order that He may love and perfect them.
-C.S. Lewis
***
Friends are relatives you make for yourself.
-Eustache Deschamps
***
He is pure of heart,
He knows the whole world is only the Self.
So who can stop him
From doing as he wishes?
-Ashtavakra Gita 4:4
***
Wisdom is the ability to do good and to abandon sin.
- Gerondi, "Shaare Teshuba"
***
If you are dependable, honest, virtuous, and content in Allah's will, no harm shall come your way.
-The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by Abd’Allah bin Amr
***
-C.S. Lewis
***
Friends are relatives you make for yourself.
-Eustache Deschamps
***
He is pure of heart,
He knows the whole world is only the Self.
So who can stop him
From doing as he wishes?
-Ashtavakra Gita 4:4
***
Wisdom is the ability to do good and to abandon sin.
- Gerondi, "Shaare Teshuba"
***
If you are dependable, honest, virtuous, and content in Allah's will, no harm shall come your way.
-The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by Abd’Allah bin Amr
***
Riches retained by generous men
Resemble a fruit tree ripening in the heart of a village.
In the hands of a benevolent man,
Wealth is like a medicinal tree whose healing gifts help all.
-Tirukkural 22:216-217
***
Your son is at five your master, at ten your servant, at fifteen your double, and after that, your friend or foe, depending on his bringing up.
- Hasdai ibn Crescas
***
It is God who raised an apostle from the inhabitants of Mecca, to recite to them his revelations, to purify them, to make them wise, and to explain the Scriptures to them—and thereby save them from the gross errors into which they have fallen. Such is the grace of God; he bestows his grace on whom he leases, and his grace is infinite.
-Qur'an, Al-Jumu'ah, Surah 62:2,4
***
Lord, make me a crisis man. Let me not be a mile-post on a single road, but make me a fork that men must turn one way or another in facing Christ in me.
-Jim Elliot
***
Envy someone and it pulls you down. Admire them and it builds you up. Which makes more sense?
-Elvis Presley
Resemble a fruit tree ripening in the heart of a village.
In the hands of a benevolent man,
Wealth is like a medicinal tree whose healing gifts help all.
-Tirukkural 22:216-217
***
Your son is at five your master, at ten your servant, at fifteen your double, and after that, your friend or foe, depending on his bringing up.
- Hasdai ibn Crescas
***
It is God who raised an apostle from the inhabitants of Mecca, to recite to them his revelations, to purify them, to make them wise, and to explain the Scriptures to them—and thereby save them from the gross errors into which they have fallen. Such is the grace of God; he bestows his grace on whom he leases, and his grace is infinite.
-Qur'an, Al-Jumu'ah, Surah 62:2,4
***
Lord, make me a crisis man. Let me not be a mile-post on a single road, but make me a fork that men must turn one way or another in facing Christ in me.
-Jim Elliot
***
Envy someone and it pulls you down. Admire them and it builds you up. Which makes more sense?
-Elvis Presley
Remember, sinner, it is not your hold of Christ that saves you -- it is Christ.
-C.H. Spurgeon
***
Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death.
-Earl Wilson (submitted by sherikka)
***
Those who dwell on and long for sense-pleasure
Are born in a world of separateness.
But let them realize they are the Self
And all separateness will fall away.
-Mundaka Upanishad
***
The righteous shall bloom as a date palm tree and shall flourish as a cedar of Lebanon.
- Isaiah 41:19
***
Trust has nothing to do with moral courage. It occurs when we have nowhere else to turn, when we reach the end of our need to control.
-Rodney Smith, "Lessons from the Dying"
***
Let us think of nothing but serving God: he will readily provide whatever else we need.
-St. Ignatius of Loyola
***
Wise men think out their thoughts; fools proclaim them.
- Heine, "Gendanken und Einfalle"
***
-C.H. Spurgeon
***
Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death.
-Earl Wilson (submitted by sherikka)
***
Those who dwell on and long for sense-pleasure
Are born in a world of separateness.
But let them realize they are the Self
And all separateness will fall away.
-Mundaka Upanishad
***
The righteous shall bloom as a date palm tree and shall flourish as a cedar of Lebanon.
- Isaiah 41:19
***
Trust has nothing to do with moral courage. It occurs when we have nowhere else to turn, when we reach the end of our need to control.
-Rodney Smith, "Lessons from the Dying"
***
Let us think of nothing but serving God: he will readily provide whatever else we need.
-St. Ignatius of Loyola
***
Wise men think out their thoughts; fools proclaim them.
- Heine, "Gendanken und Einfalle"
***
Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn't.
-A.J. Piper
***
Wisdom speaks well, conveying each meaning clearly,
And listens for the subtlest sense in others' speech.
Men of wisdom befriend the wise and keep that friendship constant,
Not opening and closing like the petaled lotus.
-Tirukkural 43:424-425
***
There is for all mankind but one source of felicity--a gracious God.
- Josephus, "Antiquities"
***
Without God I can't but without me God won't.
-St. Augustine
***
The beginning is the most important part of any work.
-Plato
***
The ultimate Consciousness
is always present everywhere.
It is beyond space and time,
with not before or after.
It is undeniable and obvious.
So what can be said about it?
-Abhinavagupta
-A.J. Piper
***
Wisdom speaks well, conveying each meaning clearly,
And listens for the subtlest sense in others' speech.
Men of wisdom befriend the wise and keep that friendship constant,
Not opening and closing like the petaled lotus.
-Tirukkural 43:424-425
***
There is for all mankind but one source of felicity--a gracious God.
- Josephus, "Antiquities"
***
Without God I can't but without me God won't.
-St. Augustine
***
The beginning is the most important part of any work.
-Plato
***
The ultimate Consciousness
is always present everywhere.
It is beyond space and time,
with not before or after.
It is undeniable and obvious.
So what can be said about it?
-Abhinavagupta
All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.
-Blessed Julian of Norwich
***
I do not understand the mystery of grace--only that it meets us where we are, but does not leave us where it found us.
-Anne Lamott
***
A king asked a sage to explain the Truth. In response the sage asked the king how he would convey the taste of a mango to someone who had never eaten anything sweet. No matter how hard the king tried, he could not adequately describe the flavor of the fruit, and, in frustration, he demanded of the sage "Tell me then, how would you describe it?" The sage picked up a mango and handed it to the king saying "This is very sweet. Try eating it!"
-Hindu teaching story
***
Ease destroys bravery, trouble...creates strength.
- Maimonides, "Guide for the Perplexed"
***
-Blessed Julian of Norwich
***
I do not understand the mystery of grace--only that it meets us where we are, but does not leave us where it found us.
-Anne Lamott
***
A king asked a sage to explain the Truth. In response the sage asked the king how he would convey the taste of a mango to someone who had never eaten anything sweet. No matter how hard the king tried, he could not adequately describe the flavor of the fruit, and, in frustration, he demanded of the sage "Tell me then, how would you describe it?" The sage picked up a mango and handed it to the king saying "This is very sweet. Try eating it!"
-Hindu teaching story
***
Ease destroys bravery, trouble...creates strength.
- Maimonides, "Guide for the Perplexed"
***
A man who is advancing (spiritually) will begin to enjoy the deeper beatitude whether he is at work or not. While his hands are in society, he keeps his head cool in solitude.
-Ramana Maharshi
***
Giving must culminate in service and action in character. But in order to be, enough doing must precede.
- Montefiore, "Liberal Judaism"
***
You should know that so far as Buddha-nature is concerned, there is no difference between an enlightened man and an ignorant one. What makes the difference is that one realizes it, while the other is ignorant of it.
-The Sutra of Hui Neng
***
The enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our soul can be satisfied.
-Jonathan Edwards
***
Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who stood their ground.
-Anonymous
***
False ideals cannot be shattered by criticism. Right ideals must take up the battle against them.
- Franz Werfel, "Between Heaven and Earth"
-Ramana Maharshi
***
Giving must culminate in service and action in character. But in order to be, enough doing must precede.
- Montefiore, "Liberal Judaism"
***
You should know that so far as Buddha-nature is concerned, there is no difference between an enlightened man and an ignorant one. What makes the difference is that one realizes it, while the other is ignorant of it.
-The Sutra of Hui Neng
***
The enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our soul can be satisfied.
-Jonathan Edwards
***
Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who stood their ground.
-Anonymous
***
False ideals cannot be shattered by criticism. Right ideals must take up the battle against them.
- Franz Werfel, "Between Heaven and Earth"
The time is always right to do what is right.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
***
If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause and say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
***
A satyagrabi has no enemies. He discovers Truth by fasting and prayer. God alone is his abode, refuge, and friend.
-Mohandas Gandhi
***
Fire ascends and goes out; water descends and is not lost.
- Berekia Ha Nakdan, Mishle Shualim
***
Even before accomplishing enlightenment a person knows that everything attests to the existence of God. But these virtuous feelings of innocence disappear as he begins to mingle with corrupt society, because worldly affairs hinder him from swimming in the vast ocean of insight.
-Al-Ghazzali, "Ihya Ulum Id-Din"
From "The Bounty
***
You could, for a hundred years,
live in a forest
tending a fire,
or
pay a single moment's homage
to one person,
self-cultivated.
Better than a hundred years of sacrifices
would that act of homage be.
-Dhammapada, 8, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
***
Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favorable are the kind who do nothing.
-William Feather
***
Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
***
If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause and say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
***
A satyagrabi has no enemies. He discovers Truth by fasting and prayer. God alone is his abode, refuge, and friend.
-Mohandas Gandhi
***
Fire ascends and goes out; water descends and is not lost.
- Berekia Ha Nakdan, Mishle Shualim
***
Even before accomplishing enlightenment a person knows that everything attests to the existence of God. But these virtuous feelings of innocence disappear as he begins to mingle with corrupt society, because worldly affairs hinder him from swimming in the vast ocean of insight.
-Al-Ghazzali, "Ihya Ulum Id-Din"
From "The Bounty
***
You could, for a hundred years,
live in a forest
tending a fire,
or
pay a single moment's homage
to one person,
self-cultivated.
Better than a hundred years of sacrifices
would that act of homage be.
-Dhammapada, 8, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
***
Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favorable are the kind who do nothing.
-William Feather
***
Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
When ignorance is destroyed, the Self is liberated from its identification with the world.
This liberation is Enlightenment.
-The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, 2:25
***
Trees were created for man's companionship.
- Genesis Rabah
***
You yourself should reprove yourself,
should examine yourself.
As a self-guarded monk
with guarded self,
mindful, you dwell at ease.
Your own self is
your own mainstay.
Your own self is
your own guide.
Therefore you should
watch over yourself--
as a trader, a fine steed.
-Dhammapada, 25, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
***
The borderline between "before Christ" and "after Christ" does not run through historical time....it runs through our own hearts.
-Pope Benedict XVI
***
The first and most important step toward success is the feeling that we can succeed.
-Nelson Boswell
This liberation is Enlightenment.
-The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, 2:25
***
Trees were created for man's companionship.
- Genesis Rabah
***
You yourself should reprove yourself,
should examine yourself.
As a self-guarded monk
with guarded self,
mindful, you dwell at ease.
Your own self is
your own mainstay.
Your own self is
your own guide.
Therefore you should
watch over yourself--
as a trader, a fine steed.
-Dhammapada, 25, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
***
The borderline between "before Christ" and "after Christ" does not run through historical time....it runs through our own hearts.
-Pope Benedict XVI
***
The first and most important step toward success is the feeling that we can succeed.
-Nelson Boswell
A miracle cannot prove what is impossible; it is useful only to confirm what is possible.
- Maimonides, Guide for the Perplexed
***
The best charity is to satisfy a hungry person.
-The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by Anas bin Malik
***
“[Wisdom] is like a lamp, O king, which a man might introduce into a house in darkness. When the lamp had been brought in it would dispel the darkness, cause radiance to arise, and light to shine forth, and make the objects there plainly visible. Just so would wisdom in a man have such effects as were just now set forth.”
-Milindapanha
***
Between here and heaven, every minute that the Christian lives will be a minute of grace.
-C.H. Spurgeon
***
Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.
-Marian Wright Edelman
- Maimonides, Guide for the Perplexed
***
The best charity is to satisfy a hungry person.
-The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by Anas bin Malik
***
“[Wisdom] is like a lamp, O king, which a man might introduce into a house in darkness. When the lamp had been brought in it would dispel the darkness, cause radiance to arise, and light to shine forth, and make the objects there plainly visible. Just so would wisdom in a man have such effects as were just now set forth.”
-Milindapanha
***
Between here and heaven, every minute that the Christian lives will be a minute of grace.
-C.H. Spurgeon
***
Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.
-Marian Wright Edelman
As there can be no water without the sea,
No touch without the skin, no smell without
The nose, no taste without the tongue, no form
Without the eye, no sound without the
Ear, no thought without the mind, no wisdom
Without the heart, no work without hands, no
Walking without feet, no scriptures without the
Word, so there can be nothing without the Self.
-Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
***
A man's faith is not perfected till his mind is perfected.
- Ibn Gabirol, Mibhar HaPeninim
***
As long as evil has yet to ripen,
the fool mistakes it for honey.
But when that evil ripens,
the fool falls into
pain.
Month after month
the fool might eat
only a tip-of-grass measure of food,
but he wouldn't be worth
one sixteenth
of those who've fathomed
the Dhamma.
-Dhammapada, 5, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
***
t's never too late. You can't screw up so badly that God can’t find something worth building in the wreckage, that life can’t assert its return when it is time.
-Barbara Crafton
***
The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence, but by oft falling.
-Lucretius
No touch without the skin, no smell without
The nose, no taste without the tongue, no form
Without the eye, no sound without the
Ear, no thought without the mind, no wisdom
Without the heart, no work without hands, no
Walking without feet, no scriptures without the
Word, so there can be nothing without the Self.
-Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
***
A man's faith is not perfected till his mind is perfected.
- Ibn Gabirol, Mibhar HaPeninim
***
As long as evil has yet to ripen,
the fool mistakes it for honey.
But when that evil ripens,
the fool falls into
pain.
Month after month
the fool might eat
only a tip-of-grass measure of food,
but he wouldn't be worth
one sixteenth
of those who've fathomed
the Dhamma.
-Dhammapada, 5, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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t's never too late. You can't screw up so badly that God can’t find something worth building in the wreckage, that life can’t assert its return when it is time.
-Barbara Crafton
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The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence, but by oft falling.
-Lucretius
Arjuna: O Krishna, it is right that the world delights and rejoices in your praise, that all the saints and sages bow down to you and all evil flees before you to the far corners of the universe.
How could they not worship you, O Lord? You are the eternal spirit, who existed before Brahman the Creator and who will never cease to be. Lord of the gods, you are the abode of the universe. Changeless, you are what is and what is not, and beyond the duality of existence and nonexistence.
-Bhagavad Gita 11:36-37
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If they charge thee with falsehood, say: "My work to me, and yours to you! Ye are free from responsibility for what I do, and I for what ye do!"
-Qur'an, Jonah, Surah 10:41
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As a man must perfect himself as a man, so must a Jew strive to reach perfection as a Jew.
- Zevi Katznellenbogen, letter to his son Gerson, 1845
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All my friends are but one, but He is all sufficient.
-William Carey
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It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing.
-Oriah Mountain Dreamer
How could they not worship you, O Lord? You are the eternal spirit, who existed before Brahman the Creator and who will never cease to be. Lord of the gods, you are the abode of the universe. Changeless, you are what is and what is not, and beyond the duality of existence and nonexistence.
-Bhagavad Gita 11:36-37
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If they charge thee with falsehood, say: "My work to me, and yours to you! Ye are free from responsibility for what I do, and I for what ye do!"
-Qur'an, Jonah, Surah 10:41
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As a man must perfect himself as a man, so must a Jew strive to reach perfection as a Jew.
- Zevi Katznellenbogen, letter to his son Gerson, 1845
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All my friends are but one, but He is all sufficient.
-William Carey
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It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing.
-Oriah Mountain Dreamer
Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
-Susan Ertz
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We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.
-Arthur Schopenhauer
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Before you can find God, you must lose yourself.
- Baal Shem Tov
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It seems people don't necesssarily remember what they are told of God's love, but they never forget what they have experienced of God's love.
-Steve Sjogren
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Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.
-Will Cuppy
-Susan Ertz
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We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.
-Arthur Schopenhauer
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Before you can find God, you must lose yourself.
- Baal Shem Tov
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It seems people don't necesssarily remember what they are told of God's love, but they never forget what they have experienced of God's love.
-Steve Sjogren
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Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.
-Will Cuppy
Charity is equal in importance to all the other commandments combined.
- Babylonian Talmud, "Bava Bathra"
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A person of wisdom should be truthful, without arrogance, without deceit, not slanderous and not hateful. The wise person should go beyond the evil of greed and miserliness.
Do not get excited by what is old, do not be contented with what is new. Do not grieve for what is lost or be controlled by desire.
-Sutta-nipata, translated by H. Saddhatissa
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If you believe what you like in the gospel, and reject what you don’t like, it’s not the gospel you believe, but yourself.
-Augustine of Hippo
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Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
-Bill Gates
- Babylonian Talmud, "Bava Bathra"
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A person of wisdom should be truthful, without arrogance, without deceit, not slanderous and not hateful. The wise person should go beyond the evil of greed and miserliness.
Do not get excited by what is old, do not be contented with what is new. Do not grieve for what is lost or be controlled by desire.
-Sutta-nipata, translated by H. Saddhatissa
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If you believe what you like in the gospel, and reject what you don’t like, it’s not the gospel you believe, but yourself.
-Augustine of Hippo
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Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
-Bill Gates
I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.
-C.S. Lewis
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I like the dreams for the future better than the history of the past.
-Thomas Jefferson
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Reason is a spark kindled by the beating of our heart.
- Apocrypha: Wisdom of Solomon 2:2
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Whose minds are well-developed
in the factors of self-awakening,
who delight in non-clinging,
relinquishing grasping--
resplendent,
their effluents ended:
they, in the world,
are Unbound.
-Dhammapada, 6, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to the garage makes you a car.
-Laurence J. Peter
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Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.
-Robert Louis Stevenson
-C.S. Lewis
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I like the dreams for the future better than the history of the past.
-Thomas Jefferson
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Reason is a spark kindled by the beating of our heart.
- Apocrypha: Wisdom of Solomon 2:2
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Whose minds are well-developed
in the factors of self-awakening,
who delight in non-clinging,
relinquishing grasping--
resplendent,
their effluents ended:
they, in the world,
are Unbound.
-Dhammapada, 6, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to the garage makes you a car.
-Laurence J. Peter
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Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.
-Robert Louis Stevenson
Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: You don't give up.
-Anne Lamott
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Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?
-Thich Nhat Hanh
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The deepest truth blooms only from the deepest love.
- Heine, English Fragments, 1828
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-Anne Lamott
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Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?
-Thich Nhat Hanh
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The deepest truth blooms only from the deepest love.
- Heine, English Fragments, 1828
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Jesus did not become identical to us; he did become identified with us.
-Donald English
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An intimate of any strength will never listen to faults said of friends;
and on the day a friend offends, he is content to keep silent.
The world cherishes faithful men who never forsake
old friendships, worn by time but unbroken.
-Tirukkural 81: 808-809
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The height of the intellect is distinguishing between the real and the impossible, and submission to what is beyond one's power.
- Ibn Gabirol, "Mibhar Hal'eninim
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-Donald English
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An intimate of any strength will never listen to faults said of friends;
and on the day a friend offends, he is content to keep silent.
The world cherishes faithful men who never forsake
old friendships, worn by time but unbroken.
-Tirukkural 81: 808-809
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The height of the intellect is distinguishing between the real and the impossible, and submission to what is beyond one's power.
- Ibn Gabirol, "Mibhar Hal'eninim
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Life has taught me to forgive much, but to seek forgiveness still more.
-Otto Von Bismarck
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Your future depends on many things, but mostly on you.
-Frank Tyger
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He is the inner Self of all,
Hidden like a little flame in the heart.
Only by the stilled mind can he be known.
Those who realize him become immortal.
He has thousands of heads, thousands of eyes,
Thousands of feet; he surrounds the cosmos
On every side. This infinite being
Is ever present in the hearts of all.
He has become the cosmos. He is what was
And what will be. Yet he is unchanging,
The lord of immortality.
-Shvetashvatara Upanishad
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The path to sound credence is through the thick forest of skepticism.
- G.J. Nathan, "Matria Critica"
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Wise, profound
in discernment, astute
as to what is the path
and what's not;
his ultimate goal attained:
he's what I call
a brahmin.
-Dhammapada 403, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
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-Otto Von Bismarck
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Your future depends on many things, but mostly on you.
-Frank Tyger
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He is the inner Self of all,
Hidden like a little flame in the heart.
Only by the stilled mind can he be known.
Those who realize him become immortal.
He has thousands of heads, thousands of eyes,
Thousands of feet; he surrounds the cosmos
On every side. This infinite being
Is ever present in the hearts of all.
He has become the cosmos. He is what was
And what will be. Yet he is unchanging,
The lord of immortality.
-Shvetashvatara Upanishad
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The path to sound credence is through the thick forest of skepticism.
- G.J. Nathan, "Matria Critica"
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Wise, profound
in discernment, astute
as to what is the path
and what's not;
his ultimate goal attained:
he's what I call
a brahmin.
-Dhammapada 403, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
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A true love of God must begin with a delight in his holiness, and not with a delight in any other attribute; for no other attribute is truly lovely without this.
-Jonathan Edwards
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Don’t let the fear of striking out hold you back.
-Babe Ruth
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Woe to authority, which buries its possessor, for there is not a single prophet who did not outlive four kings.
- Babylonian Talmud, "Pesachim 87b"
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Measure not God's love and favor by your own feelings. The sun shines as clearly in the darkest day as it does in the brightest.
-Richard Sibbes
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Life is overflowing with the new. But it is necessary to empty out the old to make room for the new to enter.
-Eileen Caddy
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It is as bad to listen to bad language as to use it.
- Maimonides, "Guide for the Perplexed"
-Jonathan Edwards
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Don’t let the fear of striking out hold you back.
-Babe Ruth
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Woe to authority, which buries its possessor, for there is not a single prophet who did not outlive four kings.
- Babylonian Talmud, "Pesachim 87b"
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Measure not God's love and favor by your own feelings. The sun shines as clearly in the darkest day as it does in the brightest.
-Richard Sibbes
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Life is overflowing with the new. But it is necessary to empty out the old to make room for the new to enter.
-Eileen Caddy
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It is as bad to listen to bad language as to use it.
- Maimonides, "Guide for the Perplexed"
We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.
-Anne Frank
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A man who acts intuitively is dearer in the sight of God than a sinner whom calculating caution returned to good.
- M. Ibn Ezra, "Shirat Yisrael"
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All tremble at the rod,
all are fearful of death.
Drawing the parallel to yourself,
neither kill nor get others to kill.
-Dhammapada, 10, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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The fruit of Silence is prayer.
The fruit of Prayer is faith.
The fruit of Faith is love.
The fruit of Love is service.
The fruit of Service is peace.
-Mother Teresa
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What is beautiful is not always good, but what is good is always beautiful.
-Unknown
-Anne Frank
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A man who acts intuitively is dearer in the sight of God than a sinner whom calculating caution returned to good.
- M. Ibn Ezra, "Shirat Yisrael"
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All tremble at the rod,
all are fearful of death.
Drawing the parallel to yourself,
neither kill nor get others to kill.
-Dhammapada, 10, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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The fruit of Silence is prayer.
The fruit of Prayer is faith.
The fruit of Faith is love.
The fruit of Love is service.
The fruit of Service is peace.
-Mother Teresa
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What is beautiful is not always good, but what is good is always beautiful.
-Unknown
My faith demands--this is not optional--my faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference.
-Jimmy Carter
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Anger is never without a reason, but seldom a good one.
-Benjamin Franklin
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All is mystery; but he is a slave who will not struggle to penetrate the dark veil.
- Benjamin Disraeli, "Contarini Fleming"
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…You can confront the prospect of your own death and try to analyze it and, in so doing, try to minimize some of the inevitable sufferings it causes. Neither way can you actually overcome it. However, as a Buddhist, I view death as a normal process of life…Knowing that I cannot escape it, I see no point in worrying about it.
-His Holiness the Dalai Lama
-Jimmy Carter
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Anger is never without a reason, but seldom a good one.
-Benjamin Franklin
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All is mystery; but he is a slave who will not struggle to penetrate the dark veil.
- Benjamin Disraeli, "Contarini Fleming"
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…You can confront the prospect of your own death and try to analyze it and, in so doing, try to minimize some of the inevitable sufferings it causes. Neither way can you actually overcome it. However, as a Buddhist, I view death as a normal process of life…Knowing that I cannot escape it, I see no point in worrying about it.
-His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Always seek peace between your heart and God, but in this world, always be careful to remain ever-restless, never satisfied, and always abounding in the work of the Lord.
-Jim Elliot
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Most people want to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch.
-Robert Orben (submitted by Jillin2001)
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But not those who are free from desire; they
Are free because all their desires have found
Fulfillment in the Self. They do not die like the
Others; but realizing Brahman, they merge in
Brahman.
-Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
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An individual is a person, when and because he knows himself as such; a group is a people, when and because it knows itself as such.
- Mordechai Kaplan, "Future of the American Jew," 1948
Reprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc.
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There is no spot, O king, where Nirvâna is situate, and yet Nirvâna is, and he who orders his life right will, by careful attention, realize Nirvâna. Just as fire exists, and yet there is no place where fire (by itself) is stored up. But if a man rubs two sticks together the fire comes; just so, O king, Nirvâna exists, though there is no spot where it is stored up. And he who orders his life aright will, by careful attention, realize Nirvâna.’
-Milindapanha
From "365 Buddha: Daily Meditations," edited by Jeff Schmidt. Reprinted by arrangement with Tarcher/Putnam, a division of Penguin Putnam Inc.
-Jim Elliot
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Most people want to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch.
-Robert Orben (submitted by Jillin2001)
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But not those who are free from desire; they
Are free because all their desires have found
Fulfillment in the Self. They do not die like the
Others; but realizing Brahman, they merge in
Brahman.
-Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
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An individual is a person, when and because he knows himself as such; a group is a people, when and because it knows itself as such.
- Mordechai Kaplan, "Future of the American Jew," 1948
Reprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc.
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There is no spot, O king, where Nirvâna is situate, and yet Nirvâna is, and he who orders his life right will, by careful attention, realize Nirvâna. Just as fire exists, and yet there is no place where fire (by itself) is stored up. But if a man rubs two sticks together the fire comes; just so, O king, Nirvâna exists, though there is no spot where it is stored up. And he who orders his life aright will, by careful attention, realize Nirvâna.’
-Milindapanha
From "365 Buddha: Daily Meditations," edited by Jeff Schmidt. Reprinted by arrangement with Tarcher/Putnam, a division of Penguin Putnam Inc.
Before we can begin to see the cross as something done for us, we have to see it as something done by us.
-John Stott
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Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.
-Paul Boese
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Forego not the sublimely spiritual for the lowly physical.
- Shem Tob Falaquera, Spanish philosopher, Sefer HaMaalot
Reprinted
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-John Stott
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Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.
-Paul Boese
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Forego not the sublimely spiritual for the lowly physical.
- Shem Tob Falaquera, Spanish philosopher, Sefer HaMaalot
Reprinted
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Each of us may be sure that if God sends us on stony paths He will provide us with strong shoes, and He will not send us out on any journey for which He does not equip us well.
-Alexander MacLaren
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The man who can't dance thinks the band is no good.
-Polish Proverb
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If you do not cut the noose of your karma while living, what hope is there of liberation when you are dead?
It is a hopeless dream to think that union will come after the soul leaves the body.
-Kabir
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God is all reality, but not all reality is God.
- Rabbi Moshe Cordovero, "Elima Rabbati"
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“I am not one’s servant.” So said the Buddha. “With what I have gained I wander about in all the world, without being subservient to anyone: therefore, it thou like, rain, O sky!”
-adapted from the Sutta-nipata translated by V. Fausboll
-Alexander MacLaren
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The man who can't dance thinks the band is no good.
-Polish Proverb
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If you do not cut the noose of your karma while living, what hope is there of liberation when you are dead?
It is a hopeless dream to think that union will come after the soul leaves the body.
-Kabir
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God is all reality, but not all reality is God.
- Rabbi Moshe Cordovero, "Elima Rabbati"
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“I am not one’s servant.” So said the Buddha. “With what I have gained I wander about in all the world, without being subservient to anyone: therefore, it thou like, rain, O sky!”
-adapted from the Sutta-nipata translated by V. Fausboll
A general rule for the good use of time is to accustom oneself to live in a continual dependence on the Spirit of God.
-Francois Fenelon
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Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer it.
-Rabindranath Tagore
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God is totally distinct from both the upper and lower worlds and can in no way be compared to the soul of man.
- Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, founder of Chabad Chassidism, "Iggeret HaKodesh"
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Your worst enemy lies between your two ribs.
-Saying of the Prophet Muhammad in Khanaqahi: Guzida
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-Francois Fenelon
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Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer it.
-Rabindranath Tagore
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God is totally distinct from both the upper and lower worlds and can in no way be compared to the soul of man.
- Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, founder of Chabad Chassidism, "Iggeret HaKodesh"
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Your worst enemy lies between your two ribs.
-Saying of the Prophet Muhammad in Khanaqahi: Guzida
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