Do not extinguish the lamp of Divine Grace and do not let the candle of wisdom die out in the darkness of lust and error.
-Kahlil Gibran
Do not extinguish the lamp of Divine Grace and do not let the candle of wisdom die out in the darkness of lust and error.
Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still live, as I pass to and fro through the mouths of men.
“Make your offering,” said the Master. “As you make it be pleased in mind. Make your mind completely calm and contented. Focus and fill the offering-mind with the giving. From this secure position you can be free from ill will.”
Art is the right hand of nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men.
-Friedrich Schiller
The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.
As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world – that is the myth of the atomic age – as in being able to remake ourselves.
All the religions of the world may be good and true. But situated as we are, our own religion is the best for us.
-D. S. Sarma