"The
earth and myself are of one mind. The measure of the land and the measure
of our bodies are the same." Joseph Nez Perce Chief
"Like water, which can
clearly mirror the sky and the trees only so long as its surface is
undisturbed. The mind can only reflect the true image of the self when it
is tranquil and wholly relaxed." Indra Devi
"A person's true
wealth is the good he or she does in the world." Mohammed
"The idea of calm
exists in a sitting cat." - Anonymous
"The point of the
teachings is to control your own mind. Restrain your mind from greed, and
you will keep your body right, your mind pure and your words faithful.
Always thinking of the transcendences of your life, you will be able to desist from greed and anger and will be able to avoid all evils."
Buddha
"I'm still an atheist, thank God." Luis Bunuel
"Everything you've learned in school as
"obvious" becomes less and less obvious as you begin to study the
universe. For example, there are no solids in the universe. There's not even
a suggestion of a solid. There are no absolute continuums. There are no
surfaces. There are no straight lines." R. Buckminster Fuller
"The
best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance;
to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father,
deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to
yourself, respect; to all men, charity.
Francis Maitland Balfour
"God is a comedian playing to an audience
too afraid to laugh" Voltaire
"I do not feel obliged to
believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect
has intended us to forgo their use."
Galileo Galilei
"I
offer you
peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear
your need. I feel your feelings. My wisdom flows from the Highest Source. I
salute that Source in you. Let us work together for unity and love. Gandhi's
Prayer For Peace
"Life is a pure
flame, and we live by an invisible sun within us." Sir Thomas Browne
"The little space
within the heart is as great as the vast universe. The heavens and the earth
are there, and the sun and the moon and the stars. Fire and lightening and
winds are there, and all that now is and all that is not." The
Upanishads.
"Thousands
of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle
will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared."
Buddha
"Surely God would
not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite,
to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality."
Abraham Lincoln
"By meditation upon
light and upon radiance, knowledge of the spirit can be reached and thus peace
can be achieved." Patanjali (B.C. 500?)
"Those who act kindly
in this world will have kindness." Koran 39.10
"There
is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek
problems because you need their gifts."
Richard Bach
Say not, "I have found the truth," but
rather, "I have found a truth." Kahlil Gibran
"Separate yourself from all two ness. Be one in
one, one with one, one from one." Meister Eckhart
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