All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, which has so unfortunately divided man.
-J. Krishnamurti
All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, which has so unfortunately divided man.
The more the diamond is cut, the brighter it sparkles; and in what seems hard dealing, there God has no end in view but to perfect His people.
-Thomas Guthrie
The tiger does not come to eat your fruits. His prescribed food is animal flesh. But man’s food is vegetables, fruits, grains, and milk products.
A prophet is not someone with special visions, just someone blind to most of what others see.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
To have a body is to suffer. Those who understand this, detach themselves from all that exists and stop imagining or seeking anything. The sutras say, “To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.” When you seek nothing, you’re on the Path.
So imagine that the lovely moon is playing just for you - everything makes music if you really want it to.
-Giles Andreae
Above all, let us never forget that an act of goodness is in itself an act of happiness. It is the flower of a long inner life of joy and contentment; it tells of peaceful hours and days on the sunniest heights of our soul.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson