As a breeze ruffles the surface of a lake and distorts the images reflected therein, so also the chitta vrtti (fluctuations of mind) disturb the peace of the mind. The still waters of a lake reflect the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it.
Difference is of the essence of humanity. Difference is an accident of birth and it should therefore never be the source of hatred or conflict. The answer to difference is to respect it. Therein lies a most fundamental principle of peace: respect for diversity.
The heart needs not for its heaven much space, nor many stars therein, if only the star of love has arisen.
I trust that as He shall further open the way, I will be ready to walk therein, relying on His help and trusting in His goodness and wisdom.
Weak minds may be injured by novel-reading; but sensible people find both amusement and instruction therein.
Apply the way of karate to all things. Therein lies its beauty.
The responsibility for the risks we posed to others in some of our most extreme actions in those underground years never leaves my thoughts for long. The antiwar movement in all its commitment, all its sacrifice and determination, could not stop the violence unleashed against Vietnam. And therein lies cause for real regret.
My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty. . . it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein.
I think that story wins out over acting and that the thing as a whole is more important than the performances therein.
Remember that life's length is not measured by its hours and days, but by that which we have done therein. A useless life is short if it lasts a century. There are greater and better things in us all, if we would find them out. There will always be in this world – wrongs. No wrong is really successful. The day will come when light and truth and the just and the good shall be victorious and wrong as evil will be no more forever.
Peace can be settled in the heart of each who turns to the scriptures and unlocks the promises of protection and redemption that are taught therein.
You cannot describe truly what you are but you can enjoy and directly experience what you are. Therein lies the joy of existence.
The amazing thing is that throughout Scripture and history it seems God has chosen the most seemingly unlikely and unqualified people to fulfill his plan and purpose on the earth. Most often, the response of those people has been to insist on their own unworthiness. And if they don’t-the people around them may do so, loudly and shrilly. And therein lies a danger: If we allow other people to tell us what we are and are not qualified to do, we will limit what God wants to do with us.
The worlds originate so that truth may come and dwell therein.
I see every chance of a long, confused and disorganizing civil war, and I feel no desire to take a hand therein.
The rational herdsman concludes that the only sensible course for him to pursue is to add another animal to his herd. And another; and another. . . But this is the conclusion reached by each and every rational herdsman sharing a commons. Therein is the tragedy. Each man is locked into a system that compels him to increase his herd without limit — in a world that is limited. Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons. Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all.
To strive tirelessly and at all times to reach one's goal - therein lies the secret of success.
Living is the purpose of life, And meaning can be found therein. I finds thou. Thou becomes it. And it begins again.
The world is what it is, no less and no more, and therein lies its entire and sufficient meaning.
The world changes, we do not, therein lies the irony that kills us.