Truth never comes where lust and fame and greed of gain resides.
-Swami Vivekananda
Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with the heart and soul there is no such thing as separation!
-Rumi
Earth teaches me to forget myself as melted snow forgets its life. Earth teaches me resignation as the leaves which die in the fall… Earth teaches me regeneration as the seed which rises in the spring.
Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.
-Jules Verne
The essence of the offering is that it be analogous to the sin, and that a man offer to God his desires and passions, for this is more acceptable than all.
How much suffering and fear, and how many harmful things are in existence? If all arises from clinging to the “I”, what should I do with this great demon?
Beauty is the first present nature gives to women and the first it takes away.
-George B. Mere