A great man is always willing to be little.
Acts of virtue emerge from deep within, from an inner sanctuary of silence from which inspiration flows. Every action has its seed in a thought and every thought is a creation of the thinker, the soul. I choose what thoughts I want to create and as is my thinking so are my actions and also my experience in life. Going within, I touch the stillness and pure love that lie at the core of my being and every thought that I create is of benefit to myself and of benefit to humanity.
If your days seem filled with unwanted negative feelings, there is only one cure. When they come, choose them. Don't ask why, don't wonder how, don't fight them and
never put yourself down for having them. But most of all never blame someone else for how you feel. If you do, it means you are still fast asleep and your choice is
to be a victim. When the feelings come, even big disturbing emotional feelings say, I choose this feeling and know it comes because of something you have thought or
done in the past, perhaps a certain belief that you have learned or an attachment that is threatened. Choice does not mean you want the feelings, but it does mean
you are taking responsibility for them. And that is the beginning of self mastery. It is the first step to the healing and resolving of your emotions. But only the
first step. Try this today and then ask yourself what the next step might be. If you are really interested to know, you will come to know!
I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.
All war is based on deception.
Jump and you shall laugh!
To know you have enough is to be rich.
But the beauty of Einstein's equations, for example, is just as real to anyone who's experienced it as the beauty of music. We've learned in the 20th century that the equations that work have inner harmony.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has first to forget all the roses that were ever painted.
Silence is not a lack of communication. There is a subtle language that connects us to one another through the eyes, with a smile, or a gesture. In moving into an inner space of silence, we are attuning ourselves to the spirit of nature and letting go of the tendency to be critical. Silence provides the opportunity for me to identify the qualities in myself that have the capacity to transform me. In silence I can connect to the highest quality of my lightest, clearest thinking. In silence I can listen to the call of God, the call of nature, the call of others in need.
The great end of education is to discipline
rather than to furnish the mind; to train
it to the use of its own powers, rather than
fill it with the accumulation of others.
The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.
Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.
Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly.
