There may be a great fire in our hearts, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke.
-Vincent van Gogh
Quotations
Heart
It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
-Mahatma Gandhi
He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
-Abraham Lincoln
When we stop judging others and ourselves, our heart begins to open.
-Swami Dhyan Giten
"The Silent Whisperings of the Heart - An Introduction to Giten's Approach to Life"
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
-Benjamin Franklin
Within the lotus of the heart He dwells, where nerves meet like spokes of a wheel at its hub. Meditate on Him as Aum, Easily may you cross the sea of darkness.
-Mundaka Upanishad "Mundaka Upanishad"
It's funny. No matter how hard you try, you can't close your heart forever. And the minute you open it up, you never know what's going to come in. But when it does, you just have to go for it! Because if you don't, there's no point in being here.
-Kirstie Alley
I have come to light the lamp of love in your hearts, to see that it shines day by day with added lustre.
-Sathya Sai Baba "Sri Sathya Sai Baba"
He who is in the fire, and he who is here in the heart, and he who is yonder in the sun - he is One.
- Upanishads "Maitri Upanishad"
The union of two hearts is a veritable sacred scriptural rite.
-Swami Sivananda "Swami Sivananda"
