Quotes

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prof laxmi narain (prof_narain)

 

Source and courtesy: Sri Ramana Kendram, Hyderabad

This article was published in Sri Ramana Jyothi,

monthly magazine of the Kendram.

 

Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb. –

Pythagoras, Greek philosopher and mathematician (580 B.C.- 500B.C.)

 

All man's miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a

room alone.- Blaise Pascal, French philosopher ( 1623- 1662)

 

A sure way to stay unhappy is to hold tightly to the past that we

have accumulated. One reason little children are so happy and have

boundless energy is that they have little past to drag behind them. –

Hugh Prather

 

The measure of mental health is the disposition to find good

everywhere. – Ralf Waldo Emerson, American essayist and philosopher

(1803-82)

 

 

It is our opinions of things and not the things themselves that cause

the disturbances of our lives.- Epictetus,Greek philosopher(55-135).

 

Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a

child at play. Be more childlike, playful, loving, and

inquisitive. –Anonymous.

 

When we pray to God, we pray to a silent and powerful eternal

presence that is a part of ourself. – Anonymous

 

Forgiveness is the very foundation of spiritual awakening. – Anonymous

 

Prayer as a means to effect a private end is theft and meaningless.

As soon as a man is one with God he will not beg. He will then see

prayer in all action. – Ralph Waldo Emerson.

 

No one knows enough to be a pessimist.- Anonymous

 

When one argues for his limitations, the only thing he gets is

limitations.- Anonymous

 

Contemplate your inner kingdom and refuse to allow thoughts into that

sacred space that might pollute it in any way. – Wayne Dyer

 

All streams flow to the ocean because it is lower than they are.

Humility gives it its power. – Lao-tzu, Chinese philosopher.

 

When a man is willing and eager, God joins in. – Anonymous