Words of Wisdom

Live simply that others may simply live.
(Gandhi)

First of all the twinkling stars vibrated but remained motionless in space,
Then all the celestial globes were united into one series of movements
...firmament and planets both disappeared,
But the mighty breath which gives life to all things and in which all is bound up remains.
(Vincent Van Gogh)

Compassion is a verb.
(Thic Nhat Hanh)

He who is not content with what he has, will not be content with what he doesn’t have.
(Socrates)

If there is one thing one can always yearn for,
And sometime attain
It is human love.

(Albert Camus)

Anybody can become angry, that is easy,
But to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy.
(Aristole)

Everyone thinks of changing the world,
But no one thinks of changing himself.
(Leo Tolstoy)

If we could read the secret history of our enemies,
We should find in each person’s life,
Sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.
(Longfellow)

The yogi should visualise a sublime ocean of nectar in his heart.
- Gheranda Samhita

As long as there is breath in the body there is life,
When breath departs, so too does life,
Therefore, regulate the breath.

(Hatha yoga Pradipka - ch 2:5.3)

Peace cannot be kept by force,
It can only be achieved by understanding.
(Albert Einstein)

Watch your thoughts, they become words,
Watch your words, they become actions,
Watch your actions, they become habits,
Watch your habits, they become character,
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.
(Upanishads)

It is possible to experience an awakening in this life through realising just how precious each moment, each mental process and each breath truly is.
(Christy Turlington)

We are all but recent leaves on the same old tree of life and if this life has adapted itself to new functions and conditions, it uses the same old basic principles over and over again. There is no real difference between the grass and the man who mows it.
(Albert Szent Györgyi)