“How wide are the horizons of the spinning earth! The moonlight leads the tides and the sun's light will not be confined within the net of heaven. But in the end all things return to the One. The deaf and the dumb, the crippled and deformed are all restored to One's perfection.” EndsLightEarthSpiritualSpiritualityHeavenSunReturnAll ThingsPerfectionWideDumbHorizonTidesDeafMoonlightConfinedSpinningCrippled Author:Hsu Yun
“Some years I'm the coolest thing that ever happened, and then the next year everyone's so over me, and I'm just so past my sell date.” YearsPastNextHappenedSellsNext Year Author:Cher
“You've traveled up ten thousand steps in search of the truth. So many days in the archives, copying, copying. The gravity of the Tang and the profundity of the Sung make heavy baggage. Here! I've picked you a bunch of wild flowers. Their meaning is the same but they're much easier to carry.” SpiritualSpiritualityStepsFlowerEasierThousandTenHeavyBunchGravityTraveledBaggageCopyingArchivesProfundity Author:Hsu Yun
“Lord, where shall I find you? Your place is lofty and secret. And where shall I not find you? The whole earth is full of your glory! You are found in our innermost heart, yet you fixed earth's boundaries. You are a strong tower for those who are near and the trust of those who go far. I have sought to come near you; I have called to you with all my heart; and when I went out towards you, I found you coming towards me.” HeartWholeEarthSpiritualSpiritualityFoundStrongSecretLordMy HeartGloryBoundariesFixedTowersLoftyFound You Author:Judah Halevi
“I tell you one thing. If you want peace of mind, do not find fault with others. Rather learn to see your own faults. Learn to make the whole world your own. No one is a stranger, my child; this whole world is your own.” IfsWorldWantMindChildrenWholeSpiritualSpiritualityOne ThingFaultsStrangerWhole WorldMy ChildrenPeace Of Mind Author:Sarada Devi
“My heart has become capable of every form: It is a pasture for gazelles And a monastery for Christian monks, And the pilgrim's Ka'ba, And the tablets of the Torah, And the book of the Koran. I follow the religion of Love: Whatever way love's camel takes, That is my religion, my faith.” WayHeartBookChristianSpiritualFormSpiritualityMy HeartCapableMonkPilgrimCamelsTabletsPasturesMonasteriesTorahGazelles Author:Ibn Arabi
“There are a thousand flowers blossoming in spring, The magical light of the full moon in autumn; There is a breeze in summer, And snow in winter; And if vanities don't hang in my mind, I shall rejoice at any time and place.” IfsMindLightSpiritualSpiritualityFlowerThousandMoonSummerSpringWinterSnowVanityAutumnRejoiceBreezeFull MoonBlossoming Author:Wumen Huikai
“We are completely unaware of our true nature because we identify ourselves with our body, our emotions and our thoughts, thus losing sight of our unchanging centre, which is pure consciousness. When we return to our true nature, our thoughts and perceptions no longer appear as modifications of a single substance, they come into being and subside like waves of the ocean.” BodySpiritualSpiritualityEmotionConsciousnessReturnPureOceanPerceptionLosingSightWaveSubstanceOur ThoughtsCentreTrue NatureUnchangingModification Book:Be Who You Are Source: Be Who You Are
“Watermelons and Zen students grow pretty much the same way. Long periods of sitting till they ripen and grow all juicy inside, but when you knock them on the head to see if they're ready sounds like nothing's going on.” IfsWayLongSpiritualSpiritualityGrowsSoundStudentsReadyPeriodsSittingJuicy Author:Peter Levitt
“Overcome any bitterness that may have come because you were not up to the magnitude of the pain entrusted to you. Like the mother of the world who carries the pain of the world in her heart, you are sharing in a certain measure of that cosmic pain, and are called upon to meet it in joy instead of self pity.” WorldHeartMaySelfPainSpiritualJoyMotherCertainSpiritualityOvercomingPityCarrieBitternessCosmicMagnitudeSelf Pity Author:Vilayat Inayat Khan