I met an American lady many years ago, much distant. Then I told her about my own difficult experiences and I showed… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
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Samskrit language, as has been universally recognized by those competent to form a judgment, is one of the most magnificent, the most… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
In products of the human mind, simplicity marks the end of a process of refining, while complexity marks a primitive stage. Michelangelo… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Let’s suppose that rain washes out a picnic. Who is feeling negative? The rain? Or you? What’s causing the negative feeling? The… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
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Chaos theory simply suggests that what appears to most people as chaos is not really chaotic, but a series of different types… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Consciously or unconsciously, most theists see in gods and devils, heaven and hell, reward and punishment, a whip to lash the people… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
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A clear sunny day can suddenly shift to thunder and lightning, a raging storm can suddenly give way to a bright moonlit… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
True creativity flows only from stillness. When stillness becomes conscious, the spiritual dimension enters your life and you begin to be guided… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
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The authority of Plato and Aristotle, of Zeno and Epicurus, still reigned in the schools; and their systems, transmitted with blind deference… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
But the philosophical and scientific process which I call 'secularization' necessarily involves the divesting of spiritual meaning from the world of nature;… — Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas Copy Share Image
We often value the exterior and superficial aspect of things more than their inner reality. Bad manners taint everything even justice and… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
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Memory runs along deep, fixed channels in the brain, like electricity along its conduits; only a cataclysm can make the electrons rear… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
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Ishvara is the highest manifestation of the Absolute Reality, or in other words, the highest possible reading of the Absolute by the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
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