Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.
Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it.
If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out.
The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous.
To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth.
Nirvana is not the blowing out of the candle. It is the extinguishing of the flame because day is come.
A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.
The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.
Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.
Do not say, ‘It is morning,’ and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as a newborn child that has no name.
The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence.
Beauty is truth’s smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.
We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
Trees are the earth’s endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.
Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree
Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.
Life is given to us, we earn it by giving it.
In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects.
Trees are Earth’s endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.
We gain freedom when we have paid the full price.
The burden of the self is lightened with I laugh at myself.
Those who own much have much to fear.
Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on.
What is Art? It is the response of man’s creative soul to the call of the Real.
Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.
Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them.
Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.
I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.
Don’t limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.
I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can’t make it through one door, I’ll go through another door – or I’ll make a door. Something terrific will
come no matter how dark the present.
Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation.
Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.
Your idol is shattered in the dust to prove that God’s dust is greater than your idol.
Love is not a mere impulse, it must contain truth, which is law.
We live in the world when we love it.
Gray hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are but hairs, as in the young.
Music fills the infinite between two souls.
Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.
Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.
From the solemn gloom of the temple children run out to sit in the dust, God watches them play and forgets the priest.
Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.
He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good.
By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.
Age considers; youth ventures.
You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.
Facts are many, but the truth is one.
One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.
Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.
If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they’re yours; if they don’t they never were.
To be upset over what you don’t have is to waste what you do have.
Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.
Happiness is a Swedish sunset it is there for all, but most of us look the other way and lose it.
The real measure of your wealth is how much youd be worth if you lost all your money.
To be upset over what you don’t have is to waste what you do have.
Mind is everything: muscle, pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
Good people are good because they’ve come to wisdom through failure. We get very little wisdom from success, you know.
Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next.
A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.
Talk doesn’t cook rice.
If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.
What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.
A man of ability and the desire to accomplish something can do anything.
Well done is better than well said.
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honourable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
The secret of joy in work is contained in one word excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.
The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment.
Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open. You’re able to benefit from the unique viewpoints of others, without being crippled by your own judgement.
Be as you wish to seem.
Fear of failure is one attitude that will keep you at the same point in your life.
Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
By nature man hates change; seldom will he quit his old home till it has actually fallen around his ears.
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.
To ensure good health: eat lightly, breathe deeply, live moderately, cultivate cheerfulness, and maintain an interest in life.
Rather than wishing for change, you first must be prepared to change.
The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
Nothing is predestined: The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.
Without some goals and some efforts to reach it, no man can live.
Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
There never was a good knife made of bad steel.
Once you choose hope, anythings possible.
Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.
We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.
We know from science that nothing in the universe exists as an isolated or independent entity.
Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
It is on our failures that we base a new and different and better success.
Light tomorrow with today!
Peace is not something you wish for. It’s something you make, something you do, something you are, and something you give away.
Change in all things is sweet.
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
Some people thrive on huge, dramatic change. Some people prefer the slow and steady route. Do what’s right for you.
If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?
We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it.
If you surrender to the wind, you can ride it.
Obstacles are those things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.
I believe that every person is born with talent.
To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.
Everything in the universe goes by indirection. There are no straight lines.
Once you choose hope, anythings possible.
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dream, and endeavours to live the life which he had imagines, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
A thing well said will be wit in all languages.
The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.
All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.
I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.
Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.
Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.
Practice yourself, for heavens sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.
Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.
Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world right in the eye.
To be beautiful means to be yourself. You dont need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.
The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls the butterfly.
All I can say about life is, Oh God, enjoy it!
Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.
With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice.
You can be what you want to be. You have the power within and we will help you always.
Man is not sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of what he does not yet have, of what he could have.
The day is already blessed, find peace within it.
Well begun is half done.
Bad things are not the worst things that can happen to us. Nothing is the worst thing that can happen to us!
The person who lives life fully, glowing with life’s energy, is the person who lives a successful life.
In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.
Why worry about things you cant control when you can keep yourself busy controlling the things that depend on you?
We choose our destiny in the way we treat others.
A lot of people give up just before theyre about to make it. You know you never know when that next obstacle is going to be the last one.
]When deeds speak, words are nothing.
Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action.
Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; Unbelief, in denying them.
Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.
Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win.
Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation… even so does inaction sap the vigour of the mind.
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
Let us revere, let us worship, but erect and open-eyed, the highest, not the lowest; the future, not the past!
Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark.
The only real valuable thing is intuition.
Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgement of others.
Silence is deep as Eternity, Speech is shallow as Time.
The height of your accomplishments will equal the depth of your convictions.
Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
Be thankful when you don’t know something for it gives you the opportunity to learn.
Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.