When is life an evil? When it offers a man nothing but suffering and pain.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
He who is in the fire, and he who is here in the heart, and he who is yonder in the sun - he is One.
There exists a harmony in nature, a sense of mutual co-operation. Even all our
body parts are well co-ordinated with each other. It is only we, who swagger and
proudly claim ourselves to be Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist or Christian. The day we
become just human, even we will have harmony amongst us.
-Deep Trivedi
From every human being there rises a light that reaches straight to heaven, and when two souls that are destined to be together find each other, the streams of light flow together and a single brighter light goes forth from that united being.
-Baal Shem Tov
Pain and joy are like light and darkness; they are two sides of the same medal. They are interdependent and inseparably connected to each other.
A person once asked me in a provocative manner, if I approved of homosexuality. I replied with another question: “Tell me, when God looks at a gay person, does he endorse the existence of this person with love, or reject and condemn this person?” We must always consider the person.