“We all like to think we’re open-minded and objective when it comes to evaluating situations and people. But are we? A huge body of research in physics, biochemistry, and psychology says we’re not.”
“Always remember… A blooming rose bush catches the eye of admirers, but it grew from a seed buried in dirt. A butterfly may be free and delicately beautiful, but it spent days shedding skin and dramatically changing inside its chrysalis so it could grow wings to fly. Accept your process.”
“She wants to believe in the magic and the mystery of it. She doesn t seem to understand that we are part of that magic.”
“What you think of yourself is more important than what other people think of you.”
“One must be careful not to take refuge in any delusion.”
“You can’t know me better than I would let you know.”
“Sometimes the only way to find the answers, is not to travel far away, but to venture deeper within ourselves.”
“You will find happiness when you are lost in the moment.”
“Don t be fooled by the man in the mirror goodreads”
“Zwei Seelen wohnen, ach! in meiner Brust, Die eine will sich von der andern trennen;”
“I ve got convictions until i ve got others.”
“I do not mask my ineptitude. The less clutter the better the result.”
“The things we do not do say about us as much as the things we do, if not more.”
“Through steadiness in the Self (sthirata), Conduct as the Self (Charitra) manifests and through awakened awareness (jagruti), the level of understanding (Darshan) rises higher!”
“When the realization of what is beneficial and harmful in worldly life sets in, meaning the awareness of all aspects of what is beneficial in worldly life and all aspects of what is harmful in worldly life arises; that is when complete awareness (jagruti) related to worldly life arises. After complete awareness of worldly life has arisen, then the awareness regarding what is beneficial and harmful to the Self arises.”
“In his moments of pride he had said all those things, half in fun and half in earnest, and he began to wonder how he could have been so many kinds of a fool for so long without realising it.”
“In one level, Om is the self-organizing power of the universe and self-awareness is the process to access that power.”