Seek

Seek the wisdom that will untie your knot. Seek the path that demands your whole being. Rumi

Soul

Wherever you stand, be the soul of that place. Rumi 

Indifference

The tragedy of modern man is not that he knows less and less about the meaning of his own life, but that it bothers him less and less. Vaclav Havel

Letting Go

When you accept where you are, you can let go of the emotionally charged state of duality that always wants something better. When you truly let go, the next step in your evolution of consciousness is waiting for you. Richard Bartlett

Places

It is a strange experience,that those who have left me have always left places for a better quality of people.I have never been a loser Osho

Attention

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity. Simone Weil

Illusion

People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion. Albert Einstein

Harmony

He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe. Marcus Aurelius

Insincerity

The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere. Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Dreams

The years forever fashion new dreams when old ones go. God pity the one dream man. Robert Goddard

Spiritual Mysteries

God writes spiritual mysteries on our heart, where they wait silently for discovery. Rumi

Feelings

You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings. Pearl S. Buck

Connections

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects. Herman Melville 

Thoughts

You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you. James Allen

Two Educations

There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live. John Adams

Giving Thanks

Giving thanks for what we have in our lives is like a pause when eating. It allows us to feel full, to register on the emotional and spiritual level that we have, in fact been given "enough." M.J. Ryan

This is It

Always we hope someone else has the answer. Some other place will be better, it will all turn out. This is it. No one else has the answer. No other place will be better, and it has already turned out. Lao Tzu

Mind and Heart

Fill your mind with the meaningless stimuli of a world preoccupied with meaningless things, and it will not be easy to feel peace in your heart. Marianne Williamson

The Window

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world. George Bernard Shaw

Spirit

Do not say, "I follow the one true path of the Spirit," but rather, "I have found the Spirit walking on my path," for the Spirit walks on all paths. Khalil Gibran

Scars

Never be ashamed of a scar. It simply means you were stronger than whatever tried to hurt you. Unknown

A Miracle

The child must know that he is a miracle, that since the beginning of the world there hasn't been, and until the end of the world there will not be, another child like him. Pablo Casals

What Matters

What matters is how quickly you do what your soul directs. Rumi

Understanding

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. Carl Jung 

Detach

When you feel yourself in the grip of an emotion such as jealousy or anger or sorrow, detach yourself from it. Take a step back. When you do that, you can allow the emotion to run through you without causing negative thoughts or actions. Gary Zukav

Present Moment

Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it. Eckhart Tolle

Tears

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. Washington Irving

Yourself

Insist on yourself; never imitate. Ralph Waldo Emerson 

Acceptance and Apathy

Some people confuse acceptance with apathy but there's all the difference in the world. Apathy fails to distinguish what can and cannot be helped; acceptance makes the distinction. Arthur Gordon

Teachings

...what thwarts us and demands of us the greatest effort is also what can teach us most.

Andre' Gide 

Staying Young

Throughout my life, I've been gratified that I've been able to keep the child in me alive and inspire others. Jonathan Winters