Yesterday I was clever that is why I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise that is why I am changing myself.
-Sri Chinmoy
Yesterday I was clever that is why I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise that is why I am changing myself.
Most people want to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch.
-Robert Orben
We need to understand, what is more helpful for the growth of life; educational
qualifications or concentration? Glancing at lives from Buddha to Edison,
concentration only seems to be more important.
-Deep Trivedi
Who realises all the happiness he desires? Everything is in the hands of God. Therefore, one should learn contentment.
Even the company of the mad was better than the company of the dead.
-Stephen King
We are never so defenceless against suffering as when we love.
-Sigmund Freud
One should not injure, subjugate, enslave, torture, or kill any animal, living being, organism, or sentient being. This doctrine of nonviolence is immaculate, immutable, and eternal.
Even after all this time the sun never says to the Earth, “You owe me.” Look what happens with a love like that, it lights the whole sky.
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
-Dalai Lama
Nothing is less in our power than the heart, and far from commanding we are forced to obey it.
-Jean Jacques Rousseau