Comparing yourself with others will leave you vulnerable on three counts: you'll either feel inferior, superior or impressed. All three of these states are dangerous because they all disregard the underlying principle of our true connection with each other - mutual love and regard, based on independently generated self-esteem. To protect yourself from this vulnerability, make sure that your attention remains turned within, towards the spiritual experience of pure pride. Staying centred in your elevated self-respect will help you remain undisturbed by others around you. Keep asking yourself, "Who am I?" "How would my spiritual personality respond to this event or person?" this will help to centre you further, and allow you to enjoy the successful efforts of others.
I guess it's possible that string theory could be wrong. But if it is in fact wrong, it's amazing that it's been so rich and has survived so many brushes with catastrophe and has linked up with the established physical theories in so many ways, providing so many new insights about them.
The world is your garden from which you remove weeds of doubt and replace them with seeds of hope.
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.
The nice thing about being a celebrity is that, if you bore people, they think it's their fault.
Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers and are famous preservers of youthful looks.
I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak but they show what he is.
Our bodies communicate to us clearly and specifically, if we are willing to listen to them.
Stillness of spirit doesnt mean lack of movement, but that thoughts and feelings move in the right direction naturally.
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still
I define joy as a sustained sense of well-being and internal peace - a connection to what matters.
The whole effort of a Jesus or a Buddha or a Bodhidharma is nothing but how to undo that which society has done to you.
Life is nothing to be very serious about. Life is a ball in your hands to play with. Don't hold on to the ball.
Rest does not come with sleeping, it comes with waking. This is both an insight and an action of enlightenment. When we are enlightened we realise that real rest is possible only when we become free of illusion and we no longer struggle against life. Illusion is the idea that people should be, and do, what we want them to. The truth is, all is as it should be, despite appearances, or our perceptions of others to the contrary. This means you can be easy on yourself, easy with others and easy with the world around you. Easiness is a virtue, an attractive one at that. It is much more influential than force. So quit forcing, end the struggling and...relax!
