“Gently resist the temptation to chase your dreams into the world; pursue them in your heart until they disappear into the Self, and leave them there.” WorldHeartSelfDreamDisappearPursueTemptationYour DreamsChase Your Dreams Author:Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
“There are those who say that temptation can be barricaded beyond the door. The ones who think that stray desires can be driven out of the heart like the moneychangers from the temple. Maybe they can, if you patrol your weak points day and night, don't look, don't smell, don't dream.” IfsThinkingLooksHeartDreamDesireNightDoorsWeakSmellDrivenTemptationTemplesDay And NightWeak Points Book:Written On The Body Source: Written On The Body
“In my dreams I gorge on chocolates, I roll in chocolates, and their texture is not brittle but soft as flesh, like a thousand mouths on my body, devouring me in fluttering small bites. To die beneath their tender gluttony seems the culmination of every temptation I have ever known.” DreamBodySeemsDiesKnownThousandMouthsFleshTemptationChocolateBitesTextureGluttonyCulminationDevouringFlutteringGorges Book:Chocolat Source: Chocolat
“If we listen to our self-love, we shall estimate our lot less by what it is than by what it is not; shall dwell upon its hindrances and be blind to its possibilities; and, comparing it only with imaginary lives, shall indulge in flattering dreams of what we should do if we had but power, and give if we had but wealth, and be if we had no temptations.” IfsGivingShouldSelfDreamWealthPossibilitySelf LoveBlindTemptationCompareImaginaryIndulgeFlatteringIndulge InHindranceImaginary Life Book:Tides of the Spirit: Selections from the Writings of James Martineau Source: Tides of the Spirit: Selections from the Writings of James Martineau