Yet acting without understanding may create even more problems. Sometimes you need to simply relax into life, and to trust.
What is that yellow stuff in the bottle, Soc? Urine, with a few herbs. Urine! I said, pulling my leg away from him in disgust. Don’t be silly, he said, grabbing my leg and pulling it back. Urine is a...
We’re all fools together, he replied. It’s just that a few people know it; others don’t. You seem to be one of the latter types. Hand me that small wrench, will you?
There is no victory over death; there is only the realization of Who we all really are.
There is no need to search . . . achievement leads nowhere . . . makes no difference at all. Just be happy now. Release your struggle, let go of your mind, throw away your concerns, and relax into the...
There are times to let things happen, and times to make things happen. Now is that time. You will either make things happen, watch what happens, or wonder what happened.
The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.
Peace comes not from the absence of conflict, but from the ability to cope with it.
Only the supremely wise and the ignorant do not alter.’ Saying
My ignorance is based on this understanding. Your understanding is based on ignorance. This is why I am a humorous fool, and you are a serious jackass.
It’s mediocrity, fear, and confusion in disguise. It’s the devil’s dilemma. It’s neither doing nor not doing. It’s the wobbling compromise that makes no one happy. Moderation is for the bland, the apo...
If I am not for myself,Who will be for me?And if I am only for myself,What am I?And if not now, when? — Hillel, Sayings of the Fathers
I don’t even know if the sun will rise or whether I’ll wake up in the morning. I don’t know if God will grant me my next breath. So I choose to live on faith rather than knowledge—and accept whatever...
Happy people create happiness; it’s the most contagious energy on Earth. Fearful, sad, angry, or miserable people only tend to spread these same qualities, even if working in the name of social consci...
For example, you have a cold now; its physical symptoms tell you when your body needs to rebalance itself, to restore its proper relationship with sunlight, fresh air, simple food. Just so, stressful...
Death is not sad; the sad thing is that most people don't ever really live at all.
Faith is our direct link to universal wisdom reminding us that we know more than we have heard or read or studied that we have only to look listen and trust the love and wisdom of the Universal Spi...
The world was peopled with minds, whirling faster than any wind, in search of distraction and escape from the predicament of change, the dilemma of life and death — seeking purpose, security, enjoymen...
Stop being so proud of mediocrity; show some spirit!
It's better to make a mistake with the full force of your being than to timidly avoid mistakes with a trembling spirit. Responsibility means recognizing both pleasure and price, action and consequence...