Religion is something infinitely simple, ingenuous... In the infinite extent of the universe, it is a direction of the heart.
-Rainer Maria Rilke
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That one I love who is incapable of ill will, and returns love for hatred. Living beyond the reach of I and mind, pain and pleasure, full of mercy, contented, self-controlled, with all his heart and all his mind given to Me – with such a one I am in love.
-Srimad Bhagavad Gita
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
-Plato
Pain reaches the heart with electrical speed, but truth moves to the heart as slowly as a glacier.
-Barbara Kingsolver
Love is the firstborn, loftier than the gods, fathers and men. You, O Love, are the eldest of all, altogether mighty. To you we pay homage!...
-Vedas
If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue.
-Tsunetomo Yamamoto
Both the good and the pleasant present themselves to a man. The calm soul examines them well and discriminates. Yes, he prefers the good to the pleasant; but the fool chooses the pleasant out of greed and avarice.
- Upanishads
Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.
-Oscar Wilde
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
-Abraham Lincoln
