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

“The heart knows no borders.”

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

“The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.”

“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.”

“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.”

“There is nothing to practice. Just do nothing and everything will be done.”

“Forget yourself and you will find yourself.”

“To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom.”

“Everything is perfect and complete just as it is.”

“In the present moment, there is peace.”

“Emptiness is not nothing. It is the source of everything.”

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

“You are not separate from the whole. You are the whole.”