A Library of Wisdom

“Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.”

“Read a little. Meditate more. Think of God all the time.”

“Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.”

“The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man's slavery.”

“There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first.”

“Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families, and nations.”

“The soul loves to meditate, for in contact with the Spirit lies its greatest joy.”

“You must not let your life run in the ordinary way; do something that nobody else has done, something that will dazzle the world.”

“The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.”

“Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself.”

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

“Do not seek illumination unless you seek it as a man whose hair is on fire seeks a pond.”

“Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.”

“By plucking her petals you do not gather the beauty of the flower.”

“The eye with which I see God is the same eye with which God sees me.”

“Do not seek enlightenment unless you seek it as a man whose hair is on fire seeks a pond.”

“Compassion is not religious business, it is human business.”

“The only thing that matters is what you do right now, in this moment.”

“What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.”

“The greatest threat to our world is not what we have done, but what we will continue to do.”

“What we resist, persists. What we befriend, we transcend.”

“The heart knows no borders.”

“The infinite is present in the finite of every moment.”

“The nature of mind is such that the more you cultivate it with patience and discipline, the more it will flourish.”

“Knowledge is not found in books alone; it is found in the heart.”

“Enlightenment is not something to achieve. It is to recognize what already is.”

“The mind is everything. What you think, you become.”

“Knock on the sky and listen for the echo.”

“The self is only a thought.”

“The seed of suffering is in the seed of happiness, and the seed of happiness is in the seed of suffering.”