"A human being is a part of a whole, called by us, Universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty ."

Albert Einstein

Say not, "I have found the truth," but rather, "I have found a truth." Say not, "I have found the path to the soul." Say rather, "I have met the soul walking upon my path." For the soul walks upon all paths. The soul walks not upon a line; neither does it grow like a reed. The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals.

Kahlil Gibran (Lebanese Artist & Poet in US - 1883-1931)

"In a civilization more and more mobile, loud-sounding and speaking, zones of silence become a vital necessity. So monasteries more than ever are called to be haunts of peace and interiority. Never let internal or external pressures affect your traditions and your means of recollection. Rather do what you can to educate your guests and retreatants to observe the virtue of silence. Cherish your separation from the world so comparable to the biblical desert. Paradoxically, this desert is not emptiness; that is where the Lord speaks to your heart and associates you closely to his work of salvation."

John-Paul II, 1980

"I believe that the very purpose of life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we desire contentment. In my own limited experience I have found that the more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being. Cultivating a close, warm-hearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It helps remove whatever fears or insecurities we may have and gives us strength to cope with any obstacles we encounter. It is the principal source of success in life. Since we are not solely material creatures, it is a mistake to place all our hopes for happiness on external development alone. The key is to develop inner peace."

Dalai Lama

"The moving finger writes, and having writ moves on. Nor all your piety nor wit, shall lure it back to cancel half a line. Nor, all your tears wash out a word of it.

Kahil Gibran

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by each experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along."

Eleanor Roosevelt

The phrase...Mi-ta-ku-ye o-ya-sin, is the shortest prayer in the Lakota Indian Culture. It means..."We are all related. Everything on earth has a spirit."

"You can't truly succeed without perseverance. If you've easily accomplished many goals, you are indeed fortunate. But, as my grandfather would often say, life isn't worth living unless you've picked yourself up after failure has knocked you down, as many times as it takes, until you accomplish what you've set out to do. With perseverance, you are always moving forward. You are taking control of your journey."

Perseverance: Quote from Joseph M. Marshall III, in his book, The Lakota Way.

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

Confucius

"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly."

Buddha

"If you listen to your body when it whispers, you will never have to listen to it when it screams."

Author Unknown

"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."

Sir Winston Churchill


"The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth. The trite subjects of human efforts, possessions, outward success, luxury have always seemed to me contemptible."

Albert Einstein

"Love is not blind - it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less."

Rabbi Julius Gordon

"I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers."

Kahlil Gibran

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired and success achieved."

Helen Keller

"I praise what is truly alive, what longs to be burned to death. And so long as you haven't experienced this: to die and so to grow, you are only a troubled guest on this dark earth."

Goethe

"What you are, will show in what you do."

Thomas Alva Edison

"Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music."

Angela Monet

"Anyone can be a genius if they pick one specific subject and study it diligently just 15 minutes each day."

Albert Einstein

“Do not go after the past, nor lose yourself in the future. For the past no longer exists, and the future is not yet here. By looking deeply at things just as they are, in this moment, here and now, the seeker lives calmly and freely. You should be attentive today, for waiting unil tomorrow is too late. Death can come and take us by surprise. The one who knows how to live attentively night and day is the one who knows the best way to be independent.”

Bhaddekaratta Sutra

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are we not to be!
Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around you.
We were born to make manifest the glory that is within us. It is not just in some of us, it is in everyone.
And as we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

Marianne Williamson

Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart...
Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside awakens.

Carl Jung

When you forgive someone, you are not condoning their actions, but you are releasing from perpetuating the energetic pattern that has caused you pain.

Author Unknown

Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it is essential for human survival.

Dalai Lama

"Be kind and merciful.
Let no one ever come to you without coming away better and happier.
Be the living expression of God's kindness."

Mother Teresa

In India when people meet and part they often say, "Namaste" which means:

"I honor the place within you where the entire Universe resides; I honor the place within you of love, of light, of truth, of peace; I honor the place within you, where, when you are in that place in you, and I am in that place in me, there is only one of us."

Namaste - As defined by Mahatma Ghandi

"The Intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the
servant and has forgotten the gift."

Albert Einstein

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.:" - Albert Einstein