Nationalism is an infantile thing. It is the measles of mankind.
-Albert Einstein
Democracy means not I am as good as you are, but you are as good as I am.
-Theodore Parker
If you see good in people, you radiate a harmonious loving energy which uplifts those who are around you. If you can maintain this habit, this energy will turn into a steady flow of love.
It is still in the hands of psychology to free the person from his 'innermost pains
and miseries' that he endures at deeper level; but it is not in anyone's hand to
help him eliminate his ego-driven sorrows. This is where no one else, but only
he can help himself.
-Deep Trivedi
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
Your hand opens and closes, opens and closes. If it were always a fist or always stretched open, you would be paralysed. Your deepest presence is in every small contracting and expanding, the two as beautifully balanced and coordinated as birds’ wings.
Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
-Marcus Aurelius