Balance Quote by Sylvia Boorstein

To go beyond samsara and nirvana, we will need the two wings of emptiness and compassion. From now on, let us use these two…

— Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

What wings are to a bird, and sails to a ship, so is prayer to the soul.

— Corrie Ten Boom

“If ye realize the Emptiness of All Things, Compassion will raise within your heart; If ye lose all differentiation between yourselves and others, fit…

— Milarepa

What wings are to a bird, and sails to a ship, prayer is to the soul.

— Corrie Ten Boom

“Basically there’s not even one Buddha. There is just great wisdom.”

— Bhiksus Heng Sure, Heng Ch’au

“It is the Great Ones, the masters of life, whose light illumines the pathway, even at its commencement, and grows brighter with each step.…

— G. de Purucker

“Thoughts of some special people are like the stairs, they take you up to the upstairs floors; some are like the wings, they take…

— Mehmet Murat ildan

“Buddha, but you shortened it. The original saying is, ‘To keep the body in good health is a duty, for otherwise we shall not…

— Ruby Lionsdrake

“God continually turns you from one state of feeling to another, revealing truth by means of opposites.... So that you may have the two…

— Jalaluddin Rumi

“Buddha has great compassion that is completely impartial, embracing all living beings without discrimination.”

— Kelsang Gyatso

“Motivated by compassion for all sentient beings, Buddha Shakyamuni observed all these problems, and he reflected on the nature of his own existence. He…

— Dalai Lama XIV

Two wings lift a person up from earthly concerns: Simplicity in intention, and Purity in feeling.

— Thomas a Kempis