“ (When asked what he thought of Western civilization): 'I think it would be a good idea. Mahatma Gandhi
“ As soon as we notice that certain types of event "like" to cluster together at certain times, we begin to understand the attitude of the Chinese, whose theories of medicine, philosophy, and even build… M.L. von Franz
“ There are people dying from famine on the roads, and you do not issue the stores of your granaries for them. When people die, you say, 'it is not owing to me, it is owing to the year.' In what does th… Mencius
“ An educated man believing in a this-that vile sky-god rewarding him-her, but punishing your enemies with hell and fire, is uneducated. Fakeer Ishavardas
“ Once we got closer to the origins of these Eastern practices, we found that the monks and swamis were just as dogmatic and paternalistic, just as literal and conservative in their approach to spiritua… Gudjon Bergmann
“ Look at this leaf. When you’re standing close to it you can see every single detail of the leaf. You may think that it’s important to see things, like this leaf, up close but that is an incorrect noti… Melissa Rose Lawrence
“ The man who wishes to know the "that" which is "thou" may set to work in any one of three ways. He may begin by looking inwards into his own particular thou and, by a process of "dying to self" --- se… Aldous Huxley
“ I believe in not trying to control things that are out of my control or none of my business. Tobe Hanson
“ If you feel anxiety or depression, you are not in the present. You are either anxiously projecting the future or depressed and stuck in the past. The only thing you have any control over is the presen… Tobe Hanson
“ I believe I will not not die a minute too early or a minute too late, but exactly when I am supposed to. Tobe Hanson
“ I believe there are only three businesses: my business, other people's business, and God's business. Tobe Hanson
“ Anyone who is steady in his determination for the advanced stage of spiritual realization and can equally tolerate the onslaughts of distress and happiness is certainly a person eligible for liberatio… A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
“ As fire, though one, takes the shape of every object which it consumes, so the Self, though one, takes the shape of every object in which it dwells. (The Upanishads: Breath of the Eternal, pg. 35) Prabhavananda
“ As the sun, revealer of all objects to the seer, is not harmed by the sinful eye, nor by the impurities of the objects it gazes on, so the one Self, dwelling in all, is not touched by the evils of the… Prabhavananda
“ When somebody plays music, you listen. you just follow those sounds, and eventually you understand the music. the point can't be explained in words because music is not words, but after listening for… Alan W. Watts
“ In the endthese things matter most:How well did you love?How fully did you live?How deeply did you let go? Jack Kornfield
