“Man seems merely dust postponed: the sublime as an encounter - pleasurable, intoxicating, even - with human weakness in the face of strength, age and size of the universe.” MenHumansSeemsAgeFacesUniverseWeaknessSizeDustEncountersSublime Book:The Art of Travel Source: The Art of Travel
“And though behind you lies a road of dust and heat and discouragement, and before you the challenge and uncertainty of untried paths, in this brief hour you are master of all highways, and the universe nestles in your soul.” SoulLyingUniverseHoursChallengesBehindsPathMastersDustYour SoulUncertaintyHeatHighwaysBehind YouDiscouragement Author:Max Ehrmann
“As the brain of man is the speck of dust in the universe that thinks, so the leaves—the fern and the needled pine and the latticed frond and the seaweed ribbon—perceive the light in a fundamental and constructive sense. … Their leaves see the light, as my eyes can never do. … They impound its stellar energy, and with that force they make life out of the elements.” ThinkingMenLightEyeUniverseEnergyForceBrainElementsFundamentalsDustPerceiveConstructiveRibbonsSpecksSeaweedStellarFerns Author:Donald C. Peattie
“If the suns come down, and the moons crumble into dust, and systems after systems are hurled into annihilation, what is that to you? Stand as a rock; you are indestructible. You are the Self, the God of the universe. Say - "I am Existence Absolute, Bliss Absolute, Knowledge Absolute, I am He," and like a lion breaking its cage, break your chain and be free forever. What frightens you, what holds you down? Only ignorance and delusion; nothing else can bind you. You are the Pure One, the Ever-blessed.” IfsSelfMotivationalUniverseExistenceBreakSunForeverRocksIgnorancePureMoonAbsolutesDown AndBlessedDustChainsBlissDelusionLionsCagesAnnihilationIndestructible Book:Jnana Yoga Source: Jnana Yoga
“We each should have 2 pockets: in 1 the message, 'I am dust & ashes;' in the other, 'For me the universe was made.'” ShouldMadeUniverseMessagesShould HaveDustPocketsAshes Author:Joan D. Chittister