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.

 

That which speech cannot express but that by which speech is

expressed is Brahman. Know that alone as Brahman, not that which

people worship here. That which cannot be felt by the mind but that

which enables the mind to feel, that is Brahman. – Kenopanishad

 

You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can

make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul. –

Swami Vivekananda

 

The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress

and all moral development. - Confucius

 

Meditation is the awakening of Bliss. – J. Krishnamurti

 

The whole world is a tree and all countries are its branches. –

Athrava Veda

 

Joy is not in things; it is in us. – Richard wagner

 

First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace

to others. – Thomas Kempis

 

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it

goes on. – Robert Frost

 

The Guru is the conveyance in which the spiritual influence is

brought to you. – Swami Vivekananda

 

The sunlight is one and the same wherever it falls, but only bright

surfaces like water, mirrors and polished metals can reflect it

fully. So is the divine light. It falls equally and impartially on

all hearts, but only the pure and clean hearts of the good and the

holy can fully reflect it. – Sri Ramakrishna

 

To utter pleasant words without practising them, is like a fine

flower without fragrance. – The Buddha

 

A gentleman is ashamed to let his words outrun his deeds. – Confucius

All life exists in the present. To live in the present, the mind must

not be divided by the remembrances of yesterday or the bright hope of

tomarrow. – J. Krishanamurthi

 

One should perform karma with nonchalance[casually calm and relaxed]

without expecting the benefits because sooner or later one shall

definitely get the fruits. – Rig Veda

 

Forgiveness breaks the chain of causality because he who forgives

you – out of love – takes upon himself the consequences of what you

have done. Forgiveness, therefore, always entails a sacrifice. – Dag

Hammarskjold

 

I never came upon any of my discoveries through the process of

rational thinking. – Albert Einstein