If one does not know to which port is sailing, no wind is favorable.
To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly
When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow.
Better to see the face than to hear the name.
Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
What if you gave someone a gift, and they neglected to thank you for it - would you be likely to give them another? Life is the same way. In order to attract more of the blessings that life has to offer, you must truly appreciate what you already have.
There's no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love. There is only a scarcity of resolve to make it happen.
One flower doesn't bring spring.
Misery nourishes your ego -- that's why you see so many miserable people in the world. The basic, central point is the ego.
We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been set up by a particular sequence of experience.
Instead of being afraid of difficult situations, consider them to be your teacher and learn a lesson from them.
To me, being an intellectual doesnt mean knowing about intellectual issues; it
means taking pleasure in them.
Everything depends on our thinking. If I think in the right way I will be light. If I think in a wasteful way I'll be heavy. Waste thoughts are dangerous. They waste my time. They allow the past to come alive, then I forget the present and question the future.
Don't be sorry, be content - it's a choice not a chore. Never identify with others' sorrow or you will go down with them. Be with them, but stay up, so you can uplift them. Help them put things in perspective. But first do that for yourself. You're feeling sorry? Why? Have you lost something? It's an illusion - you have nothing to lose. Everything that comes to you comes to pass, literally. So let all things pass and you will turn the illusion of loss into the reality of liberation...and sorrow will be a distant memory.
Remain healthy by maintaining a simple diet of pure feelings, good wishes and positive thoughts.
