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You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve
it through not dying.
I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve
it through not dying.
There is great force hidden in a gentle command.
There is great force hidden in a gentle command.
Love is an ideal thing, marriage is a real thing. A confusion of the
real with the ideal never goes read more
Love is an ideal thing, marriage is a real thing. A confusion of the
real with the ideal never goes unpunished.
The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his
work and his play, his labor and his read more
The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his
work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his
information and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows
which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he
does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him
he's always doing both.
Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents
are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, read more
Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents
are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to
us. We have to build it piece by piece-by thought, choice, courage and
determination.
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.".
Make food a very incidental part of your life by filling your life so
full of meaningful things that you'll read more
Make food a very incidental part of your life by filling your life so
full of meaningful things that you'll hardly have time to think about
food.
I am only one. But still, I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And read more
I am only one. But still, I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.