29 quotes found
“We see people and things not as they are, but as we are.”
“Enlightenment is: absolute cooperation with the inevitable.”
“When you are guilty, it is not your sins you hate but yourself.”
“The one who would be constant in happiness must frequently change.”
“The world is right because I feel good.p. 83, Awareness, copyright 1990”
“Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one's awareness of one's ignorance.”
“People who want a cure, provided they can have it without pain, are like those who favour progress, provided they can have it without change.”
“Perfect love casts out fear. Where there is love there are no demands, no expectations, no dependency. I do not demand that you make me happy; my happiness does not lie in you. If you were to leave...”
“Any time you are with anyone or think of anyone you must say to yourself: I am dying and this person too is dying, attempting the while to experience the truth of the words you are saying. If every...”
“If what you seek is Truth, there is one thing you must have above all else. I know. An overwhelming passion for it. No. An unremitting readiness to admit you may be wrong.”
“Every word, every image used for God is a distortion more than a description.”
“The genius of a composer is found in the notes of his music; but analyzing the notes will not reveal his genius. The poet's greatness is contained in his words; yet the study of his words will not ...”
“When you come to see you are not as wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you are wiser today.”
“I have wandered freely in mystical traditions that are not religious and have been profoundly influenced by them. It is my church, however, that I keep returning, for she is my spiritual home.”
“Everybody was talking about the religious man who committed suicide. While no one in the monastery approved of the man's action, some say they admired his faith.Faith?" said the Master.He had the c...”
“The only way someone can be of help to you is in challenging your ideas. If you're ready to listen and if you're ready to be challenged, there's one thing that you can do, but no one can help you. ...”
“A thought is a screen, not a mirror; that is why you live in a thought envelope, untouched by Reality.”
“We were brought up to need people. For what? For acceptance, approval, appreciation, applause - for what they call success. Those are words that do not correspond to reality. They are conventions, ...”
“The Master made it his task to destroy systematically everydoctrine, every belief, every concept of the divine, for thesethings, which were originally intended as pointers, were nowbeing taken as d...”
“As soon as you look at the world through an ideology you are finished. No reality fits an ideology. Life is beyond that. That is why people are always searching for a meaning to life Meaning is on...”
“These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, learning without silence, religion without fearlessness, and worship without ...”
“People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done by the heart which first dictates the conclusion, then commands the head to provide the reasoning that will d...”
