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- A musk deer searches for the source of the fragrance of musk, but it won't find it because the fragrance comes from within itself. Bliss…
- Changing the world is like trying to straighten a dog's tail. However much you may try, you won't succeed. But although the tail won't straighten,…
- Society is made up of individuals. The thoughts and actions of each individual influence the culture of that society. Instead of waiting for others to…
- Let us take from Nature only what we really need, and try to give back to some extent.
- When humanity serves Nature, Nature serves humanity. When we serve animals and plants, they too serve us in return.
- If we approach Nature with , it will serve us as our best friend, a friend that won't let us down.
- Each and every object in Nature teaches us something. Renunciation and selflessness are the greatest lessons to learn from Nature.
- Many of us may have watched the waves at sea. They rise, then fall, then rise again, then fall again... and this cycle continues endlessly.…
- Try to make others happy, and don't despair over all the evil in the world. Instead of cursing the dark, let us each light one…
- Amidst sorrows, the only thing that enlivens us is optimistic faith. Never lose that faith.
- Just as armor protects the soldier, spiritual knowledge protects us from the difficulties of life.
- The indicator of true knowledge is the ability to differentiate what uplifts us from what pulls us down.
- If we are not able to fix the Lord firmly in our hearts, even a lifetime of temple-going does not do us any good.
- What the world needs are servants, not leaders. Everyone's wish is to become a leader....Let us become a real servant instead.
- We should serve others without any expectations whatsoever. When others throw thorns at us, we should be able to throw flowers back at them.
- Before death overpowers us, we have great things to accomplish by performing right actions.
- A seed has to get buried in the soil for its real form as a plant to emerge. Only through modesty and humility can we…
- Children, even if we lose a million dollars, we can recover it. If we lose one second, we cannot get it back. Every moment that…
- Writing a diary every evening before going to bed is a good habit. We can record in the diary how much time we have devoted…
- Children, pray for the good of everyone. We should pray to God to give a good mind even to those who harm us. One cannot…
- Faith in a higher power helps us to control our mind and thoughts.
- Whatever binds us most, whatever is dearest to us, that is what we should offer the Lord. Doesn't a mother give her child whatever she…
- Children, in the present dark age of materialism, chanting the mantra is the easiest way for us to obtain inner purification and concentration. Japa can…
- Deciding to chant the mantra a certain number of times daily will help foster the japa habit. We should always keep a rosary with us…
- Children, we should consider every name as the name of our beloved deity. Imagine that He is the one that appears in all the different…
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- Only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront us with the perplexity of radical evil; but only the hypocrite is really… — Hannah Arendt
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius. — Pietro Aretino
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for… — Aristotle
- Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the… — Mahmoud Abbas
- We want the Israelis to leave. They want to leave - so let us let them leave. — Mahmoud Abbas
- Bad things are not the worst things that can happen to us. Nothing is the worst thing that can happen to us! — Richard Bach
- All religions are designed to teach us how to live, joyfully, serenely, and kindly, in the midst of suffering. — Karen Armstrong