Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the read more

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.

What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I
definitely overpaid for my carpet.

What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I
definitely overpaid for my carpet.

If one sees the personality not as an apparatus that is essentially
constructed by the time childhood is over, but read more

If one sees the personality not as an apparatus that is essentially
constructed by the time childhood is over, but as always in its essence
developing, then life at 25 or 30 or at the gateway to middle age will
stimulate its own intrigue, surprise, and exhilaration of discovery.

The person with a fixed goal, a clear picture of his desire, or an ideal always before him, causes it, read more

The person with a fixed goal, a clear picture of his desire, or an ideal always before him, causes it, through repetition, to be buried deeply in his subconscious mind and is thus enabled, thanks to its generative and sustaining power, to realize his goal in a minimum of time and with a minimum of physical effort. Just pursue the thought unceasingly. Step by step you will achieve realization, for all your faculties and powers become directed to that end.

What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise.

What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise.

Prosperity belongs to those who learn new things the fastest.

Prosperity belongs to those who learn new things the fastest.

Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert
integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers,
read more

Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert
integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers,
the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.

Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay
attention to it. There is no substitute read more

Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay
attention to it. There is no substitute for the creative inspiration,
knowledge, and stability that come from knowing how to contact your core
of inner silence. The great Sufi poet Rumi wrote, "Only let the
moving waters calm down, and the sun and moon will be reflected on the
surface of your being.".

Here is little Effie's head. Her brains are made of gingerbread. When
the judgement day comes, God will find six read more

Here is little Effie's head. Her brains are made of gingerbread. When
the judgement day comes, God will find six crumbs. Stooping by the coffin
lid waiting for something to rise as the something's always did. Imagine
His surprise, bellowing above the general noise, "Where is Effie? She
was dead." Back to God in a tiny voice: "My name's Maybe."
The first crumb said. The number two crumb picked up the song.
"Might, I'm called. I've done no wrong." Cried the third crumb,
"I am Should. Here's our little brother Could and my big sister
Would. Don't punish us for we've been good." And the last crumb, with
some shame, whispered unto God, "My name is Must and with the others,
we've been Effie, who isn't alive and never was. Cross the threshold have
no dread. Lift the sheet back in this way.