A fashion that does not reach the streets is not a fashion.
-Coco Chanel
We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey.
-Stephen Covey
For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
-Nelson Mandela
To whom praise and blame are equal, who is silent, content with every fortune, home-renouncing, steadfast in mind, and worships Me, that person is dear to me.
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe so that you may understand.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
The guru cannot awaken you; all that he can do is to point out what is. The guru can give you words; he can give you an explanation, the symbols of the mind, but the symbol is not the real, and if you are caught in the symbol, you will never find the way.