God

You are not a drop in the ocean; you are the entire ocean in a drop.

As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world... as in being able to remake ourselves.
“Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war.
All men and women should remember that their worldly life can be freed from endless physical and mental ills if they add deep meditation to their daily routine of living.
If you can’t see God in all, you can’t see God at all.
Christ wasn’t a Christian and Buddha wasn’t a Buddhist and Muhammad wasn’t Muslim.
'Water? What do you mean by that? I don’t understand it.' This is what a fish would say if it had a human mind. 
Don’t get stuck on the level of words. A word is no more than a means to an end. It’s an abstraction. Not unlike a signpost, it points beyond itself.
As long as you are run by the egoic mind, you are part of the collective insanity... You don’t need to condemn. Just observe.
Presence is needed to become aware of the beauty, the majesty, the sacredness of nature.
Zen masters use the word satori to describe a flash of insight, a moment of no-mind and total presence.
The spiritual man conquers wrath by calmness, stops quarrels by keeping silent, dispels inharmony by being sweet of speech, and shames discourtesy by being thoughtful of others.
You deserve to know the truth, heal, and reclaim your freedom. You are not here to suffer or age before your time. You are not here to live with symptoms and conditions that science and research don’t have answers for. You are here because you and what you can offer in this life is unique and important. And you deserve nothing less than to heal and live that out.
In every moment, you have a choice. To either honor the part of you that craves something more. Or to continue squeezing into a role that doesn’t fill your cup.
When you choose to live from a place of love, you are free to be yourself, to connect with your desires, and to take action from a place of empowerment. When you choose to live from a place of fear, you are always trying to fit in, denying who you really are in order to satisfy the expectations of others. The latter not only deprives you of [continue reading...]
Identification with your mind creates an opaque screen of concepts, labels, images, words, judgments, and definitions that blocks all true relationship.
No matter what trials come, remember that the greatest test of one's spiritual aspiration lies in his control of himself in his own home environment  -- especially if it is a discordant one. If a person's inner peace can exhibit stability and strength at home, and if he conquers others' quarrelsome dispositions by his constant, beautiful [continue reading...]
I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.
I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; But whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess.