“There is a spirit that guides us, if we will listen. It speaks softly. In order to hear it we must still our thoughts and meditate.” IfsStillsSpiritOrderSpeakMeditationBuddhismGuidesOur ThoughtsSpeak Softly Author:Frederick Lenz
“The true guide of our conduct is no outward authority, but the voice of God, who comes down to dwell in our souls, who knows all our thoughts, to whom are owing all the truth we know, and all the good we do; for vice is voluntary, and virtue comes from the grace of the heavenly spirit within.” KnowsSoulGodSpiritVoiceVirtueGraceAuthorityVicesGuidesHeavenlyOur ThoughtsOwingVoice Of God Book:The History of Freedom (and other Essays) Source: The History of Freedom (and other Essays)
“The spirit is the cause of all our thoughts and body-action, and everything, but it is untouched by good or evil, pleasure or pain, heat of cold, and all the dualism of nature, although it lends its light to everything.” BodyLightActionPainSpiritEvilCausesPleasureColdHeatOur ThoughtsDualism Book:The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
“We must pass like smoke or live within the spirit's fire; For we can no more than smoke unto the flame return If our thought has changed to dream, our will unto desire, As smoke we vanish though the fire may burn.” IfsMayDreamSpiritDesireFireFateChangedReturnSmokeFlamesOur Thoughts Book:Selected poems Source: Selected poems