“Owing to ignorance of Self, a transient state arises of the individualized,
limited, phenomenal aspect of Self”.
~ Guru Nanak

“Try to force things out of the mind and you merely add energy to them.”
~ Bhante Gunaratana

“Believe in a love that is being stored up for you like an inheritance,
have faith that in this love there is a strength and a blessing
that you can travel as far as you wish to, without stepping outside of it.”
~ Rainer Maria Rilke

“There is something else which has the power to awaken us to the truth.
It is the works of writers of genius, who reveal that density which life offers
but which we seem unable to grasp.”  ~ Simone Weil

“We must distinguish between spirituality, and religion.
Adopting a religion is optional, becoming a better human being is essential.”
~ Matthieu Ricard

“There are two allied powers in man;
knowledge and wisdom.
Knowledge is so much of the truth
seen in a distorted medium as the mind arrives at by groping,
wisdom what the eye of divine vision sees in spirit.”
~ Sri Aurobindo