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.”

“What we think, we become.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“The real meditation is how you live your life.”

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

“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 master observes the world but trusts his inner vision.”

“Compassion is the ultimate expression of the highest human potential.”

“The supreme art is to break the ego without destroying the person.”

“The highest wisdom is to realize one's own nothingness.”

“You are not separate from the whole. You are the whole, pretending to be a part.”