Man, in truth, is himself a sacrifice.
- Upanishads
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
-Abraham Lincoln
Many people know so little what is beyond their short range of experience. They look within themselves and find nothing! Therefore, they conclude that there is nothing outside themselves, either.
Soul receives from soul that knowledge, therefore, not by book, nor from tongue. If knowledge of mysteries comes after emptiness of mind, that is illumination of heart.
Rain clouds come floating in, not to muddy my days ahead, but to make me calm, happy and hopeful.