Nothing is less in our power than the heart, and far from commanding we are forced to obey it.
-Jean Jacques Rousseau
Quotations
Heart
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"
If there is a difference of opinion between the heart and head, then follow the heart.
-Swami Vivekananda
The heart is forever inexperienced.
-Henry David Thoreau
We need such a heart that is serious like the sea and generous like the sky.
-Swami Vivekananda
The very strength that protects the heart from injury is the strength that prevents the heart from enlarging to its intended greatness within. The song of the voice is sweet, but the song of the heart is the pure voice of heaven.
-Kahlil Gibran "Kahlil Gibran"
He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
-Abraham Lincoln
The language of the heart is the only language that everybody can understand.
-Sri Chinmoy
"Sri Chinmoy's Heart Garden: A Book of Aphorisms for Joy and Inspiration"
I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is softness of head.
-Theodore Roosevelt
Because God has made us for Himself, our hearts are restless until they rest in Him.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
