The mind knows only what lies near the heart.
-Edith Hamilton
The grace of the Guru is like an ocean. If one comes with a cup he will only get a cupful. It is no use complaining of the niggardliness of the ocean. The bigger the vessel the more one will be able to carry.
Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious. One must practice the virtues taught in such books in order to acquire love of God.
Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.
Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid.
-Frank Zappa
A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.
-Kurt Vonnegut