The fruit of silence is prayer.
-Mother Teresa
Look at me--a big old black man under all of this makeup, and if I can look beautiful, so can you.
-RuPaul
Not knowing the consequence of good and evil karmas, he is afflicted and hurt. Nevertheless, he, due to his egotism, piles up karmas and undergoes births and deaths again and again.
Our energy level decides which state of mind we will live in. More the energy
accumulated in us...deeper the state of mind we begin to dwell in.
-Deep Trivedi
He is not obtained by mouthing mere words, but by rooting out ego from within.
Are you aware of the significance of every thought, of every reaction that you happen to have?
Through true devotional worship, they are attuned to Truth; at the True Door, they are found to be true. Blessed is their coming into being; they redeem all their ancestors.
Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
-Abraham Joshua Heschel