Things flourish, each by each, only to return to the Source . . . to what is and what is to be. To return to the root is to find peace. To find peace is to fulfill one’s destiny.
They do not equate being successful in any enterprise with being successful as a human being. Since their self-worth comes from within, any external event can be viewed objectively as simply effective...
These individuals are always enjoying simply because they see the folly of waiting to enjoy. It is a natural way of living, very much like that of a child or an animal. They are busy grabbing present-...
The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind.
The next time you are contemplating a decision in which you are debating whether or not to take charge of yourself, to make your own choice, ask yourself an important question, How long am I going to...
The memory of God comes to the quiet mind. It cannot come where there is conflict; for a mind at war against itself remembers not eternal gentleness. . . . What you remember is a part of you. For you...
The greater danger is not that our hopes are too high and we fail to reach them, it’s that they are too low, and we do.
The falls of our life provide us with the energy to propel ourselves to a higher level.
The backdrop for virtually all neurosis is making others’ behavior more significant than your own.
That which you feel yourself to be you are, and you are given that which you are. So assume the feeling that would be yours were you already in possession of your wish, and your wish must be realized....
Tenha em mente que:(1)alguém sempre pode escolher outra pessoa sem que isso se reflita em você;(2)quer você seja ou não escolhido por alguém importante, não é com isso que você deve medir seu valor.(....
Teach your kids, and any children you can, to sanctify life.
Stay peaceful; trust your nature; know that it is all perfect;
Saint Francis. When we pray to God, he said, we must be seeking nothing—nothing.
Rivers and streams are born of the ocean, and all creation is born of the Tao. Just as all water flows back to become the ocean, all creation flows back to become the Tao.
Resentment is like venom that continues to pour through your system, doing its poisonous damage long after being bitten by the snake. It’s not the bite that kills you; it’s the venom.
Permit the paradox of wanting the irritant to vanish and allowing it to be what it is. Look inward for it in your thoughts and allow yourself to feel it wherever it is and however it moves in your bod...
Pain is a natural phenomenon. But suffering is a ‘choice.
Once you can change your thoughts, your new feelings will begin to emerge, and you will have taken the first step on the road to your personal freedom.
Of birds I know that they have wings to fly with, of fish that they have fins to swim with, of wild beasts that they have feet to run with. For feet there are traps,