A Library of Wisdom

“Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.”

“Read a little. Meditate more. Think of God all the time.”

“Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.”

“The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man's slavery.”

“There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first.”

“Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families, and nations.”

“The soul loves to meditate, for in contact with the Spirit lies its greatest joy.”

“You must not let your life run in the ordinary way; do something that nobody else has done, something that will dazzle the world.”

“The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.”

“Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself.”

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

“Do not seek illumination unless you seek it as a man whose hair is on fire seeks a pond.”

“Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.”

“By plucking her petals you do not gather the beauty of the flower.”

“What we resist not only persists, but will grow.”

“Every moment of your life is infinitely creative and the universe is endlessly bountiful.”

“The true self is not diminished by praise nor increased by blame.”

“The highest wisdom is to realize one's own nothingness.”

“The self is not in the body; the body is in the self.”

“In the middle of chaos, there is also opportunity.”

“If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself.”

“The greatest poverty is not to live in a poor place, but to be of a poor spirit.”

“The purpose of our lives is to be happy.”

“Stillness is the altar of spirit.”

“You are not separate from the world; you are the world.”

“Suffering is the first noble truth, but it is not the final truth.”

“I am not this body, nor is the body mine. I am consciousness, eternal and unchanging.”

“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”

“Enlightenment is the progressive realization of your own divine nature.”

“The mind creates a barrier between the inner light and the outer world.”