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All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.
Sep 10, 2025
We're not always going to understand why something happens.True faith is trusting even when it doesn't make sense
The role of an artist is to awaken the deep life urge that is already in every person.
How many things there are concerning which we might well deliberate whether we had better know them.
How well he fell asleepl Like some proud river, widening toward the sea; Calmly and grandly, silently and deep, Life joined eternity.
To know everything is to know nothing, but to know nothing is to know everything.
We ask for long life, but 'tis deep life, or noble moments that signify. Let the measure of time be spiritual, not mechanical.
I want to talk to people that have been through big disappointments, big emotional crises, deep life struggles, and I will learn something from that.
Uncertainty that comes from knowledge (knowing what you don't know) is different from uncertainty coming from ignorance.
In the uttermost meaning of the words, thought is devout, and devotion is thought. Deep calls unto deep.
When we have arrived at the question, the answer is already near.
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
I confess that there is nothing to teach: no religion, no science, no writings which will lead your mind back to Spirit. Today I speak this way, tomorrow that, but always the Path is beyond words and beyond mind.
Take a deep breath and do the difficult thing first.
If I am happy in spite of my deprivations, if my happiness is so deep that it is a faith, so thoughtful that it becomes a philosophy of life. If, in short, I am an optimist, my testimony to the creed of optimism is worth hearing.
That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.
Without deep reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.
Mistrust all enterprises that require new clothes.
The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence.
I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.
The more I see, the less I know.
The more I see the less I know for sure.
As your silence grows; your friendliness, your love grows; your life becomes a moment-to-moment dance, a joy, a celebration.
We are always getting ready to live but never living.
Knowledge is happiness, because to have knowledge - broad, deep knowledge - is to know true ends from false, and lofty things from low.
To find your own way is to follow your bliss. This involves analysis, watching yourself and seeing where real deep bliss is -- not the quick little excitement , but the real deep, life-filling bliss.
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.
When you are sorrowful, look again.
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.
I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.
A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life.
Concentrate the mind on the present moment.
If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason for thinking as you do.
The pain will not go away by getting angry or bitter, it will go away when you learn to accept life's challenges with grace and ease
We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.
But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep.
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
The Four Agreements 1. Be impeccable with your word. 2. Don’t take anything personally. 3. Don’t make assumptions. 4. Always do your best.
Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is more people who have come alive
When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.
If you don t know where you are, a map won't help.
If you don't know where you are currently standing, you're dead.
It's hard to get lost if you don't know where you're going.
If you do not know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere
Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambition.
If you don't know where you're going any road will do
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.