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Spiritual Quotes Collection by Dr. R. S. Jnanesh.
I was set off not knowing my destination. I was just travelling without a direction. I knew God was there. Most of the times I saw him in an idol. I feared him. I worshipped him. I asked him some favors. I was still travelling without a direction or destination. Then slowly I stopped fearing him. We became friends for a while. We walked side by side. Then all of a sudden, he was I. I was already at the destination. Now the direction points towards me. ~Dr. R. S. Jnanesh
Realize! Realize! Realize! How long do you want to remain the actor of this movie? Come become the spectator, then the Director and Producer. There is more joy and bliss here. ~Dr. R. S. Jnanesh
One can give only what one has. Wealth when one has wealth, peace when peaceful, happiness when happy, humility when humble, spread simplicity when he is simple and divinity when he is divine. ~ Dr. R. S. Jnanesh
It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it. ~Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa
Never put anyone out of your heart.~Neem Karoli Baba
Just as you don’t like pain others too don’t. ~Mahavira.
Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way. ~Swami Vivekananda
“Each soul is a circle whose circumference is nowhere (limitless) but whose centre is in some body. Death is but a change of centre. God is a circle whose circumference is nowhere, and whose centre is everywhere. When we get out of the limited centre of the body, we shall realize God, our true Self.
~Swami Vivekananda
-Look, it cannot be seen - it is beyond form.
Listen, it cannot be heard - it is beyond sound.
Grasp, it cannot be held - it is intangible.
These three are indefinable, they are one.
-From above it is not bright;
From below it is not dark:
Unbroken thread beyond description.
It returns to nothingness.
Form of the formless,
Image of the imageless,
It is called indefinable and beyond imagination.
-Stand before it - there is no beginning.
Follow it and there is no end.
Stay with the Tao, Move with the present.~Tao Te Ching
When you doubt, abstain. ~Zoroaster
Our experience is altogether momentary.From one point of view, each moment is so elusive and so brief that we cannot even think about it before it has gone. From another point of view, this moment is always here, since we know no other moment than the present moment. It is always dying, always becoming past more rapidly than imagination can conceive. Yet at the same time it is always being born, always new, emerging just as rapidly from that complete unknown we call the future. Thinking about it almost makes you breathless."~alan watts
"I have done my best." That is about all the philosophy of living one needs.~Lin Yutang
Even Kings and emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God. ~Guru Nanak
Is not the intensity of air more under a fan, despite the presence of air everywhere? So are spiritual vibrations and divinity in the presence of a saint. ~Jeeyar Swami
We are not human beings on a spiritual journey, but spiritual beings on a human journey. - Jody Olsen
What is that cry of the ghoul? "I want wealth, I want position, I want respect." If you prevent these cries from rising up within yourself, then you can be initiated into the mysteries. Invoke God and burn away the cry of the ghouls! ~ rumi Jalaluddin
“If anything is worth doing, do it with all your heart.”~ Buddha
"In my world, nothing ever goes wrong." ~Nisargadatta Maharaj.
Success or achievement is not the final goal. It is the 'spirit' in which you act that puts the seal of beauty upon your life. ~swami chinmayananda
May I be born again and again and suffer thousands of miseries, so that I may worship the only God that exists, the only God I believe in, the sum total of all souls - and above all my God the wicked, my God the miserable, my God the poor of all races, and of all species is the special object of my worship.
~swami vivekananda
Pray as if you were to die tomorrow.- Benjamin Franklin
I only trace the lines that flow from God.--Albert Einstein
"It is your restlessness that causes chaos." ~Nisargadatta Maharaj.
Mind is consciousness, which has limitations. We are originally unlimited and perfect. Later on we take on limitations and become the mind. ~ Sri Ramana Maharshi
A chief must not seek profit for himself. ~Cheyenne(native american sayings)
A disciple who is trained by a man of God will have a pure and purified spirit. But he who is trained by an impostor and hypocrite and who learns theory from him will be just like him: despicable, weak, incapable, morose, without any exit from uncertainties, and deficient in all his senses... ~ rumi Jalaluddin
The fact is that there is enough food in the world for everyone. But tragically, much of the world's food and land resources are tied up in producing beef and other livestock--food for the well off--while millions of children and adults suffer from malnutrition and starvation. ~Dr.Walden Bello
We don't live the lives of Eskimos. We don't need to kill animals for fashion. ~Charlize Theron
A donkey with a load of holy books is still a donkey.~Essential Sufism
GIVING IS LIVING
Give strength, Give thoughts,
Give deeds, Give help,
Give love, Give tears,
And Give THYSELF. ~Swami Gyanananda Saraswati
Righteousness is good morality, and wrongdoing is that which wavers in your soul and which you dislike people finding out about.
--Mohammed
When you reach the top of a mountain, keep on climbing. ~ A Zen saying
Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body. ~Pythagoras
You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them.
--Albert Camus
Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.
--Buddha
A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far, more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to on passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain? ~Kahlil Gibran
A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.~Lao Tzu
“One who conquers himself is greater than another who conquers a thousand times a thousand on the battlefield.~ Buddha
A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. ~Lao-Tzu
A life-time is not what's between,The moments of birth and death.A life-time is one moment,Between my two little breaths. The present, the here, the now,That's all the life I get,I live each moment in full,In kindness, in peace, without regret.~ Chade Meng, One Moment
A lonely heart who brings love to another in need, gives strength to both.~Carolyn Camp
A man who has reformed himself will reform thousands. ~Paramhansa Yogananda
Taking the first footstep with a good thought, the second with a good word, and the third with a good deed, I entered paradise. ~Zoroaster
Even though you may have earned a million rupees, your day is incomplete unless you have done something for someone who will never be able to repay you. ~J.P.vaswani
Has someone offended you? Has someone insulted you? Remember that insults are like bad coins. You can’t avoid getting them, but you can always refuse to accept them. ~J.P.vaswani
To achieve the God State, do absolutely nothing while doing everything. ~MEHER BABA
"From the oyster to the eagle, from the swine to the tiger, all animals are to be found in men and each of them exists in some man, sometimes several at the time. Animals are nothing but the portrayal of our virtues and vices made manifest to our eyes, the visible reflections of our souls. God displays them to us to give us food for thought." ~Victor Hugo
Do your duty and leave the result to God. For foolish is the man who thinks, He is what he is because of his body. What is yours is not yours by your will. It has been bestowed upon you. Utilize it in his cause, keeping that, which is enough for your simple living. ~ Dr. R. S. Jnanesh
Am I dreaming all this or am I in a dream? I think I am dreaming and my body is in this dream. No I don’t think I am dreaming. It is real in the real and real in the unreal. It is just the eternal, eternity and eternal truth. ~Dr. R. S. Jnanesh
The creation is His (Lord’s) pastime. ~Dr. R. S. Jnanesh.
It has been said so many times and in so many places that spiritual life is tough. It is difficult. It is more difficult than material life. Be sure it is not true. That means you are just not yet there. In comparison to material life it is cakewalk. It is a walk in paradise. Believe me. ~Dr. R. S. Jnanesh.
As children we were afraid of the darkness. As men we are afraid of the light. ~Dr. R. S. Jnanesh
Practice before you preach. ~ Dr. R. S. Jnanesh
It is said that the soul is eternal and it is only the body that perishes. It however seems to me that both the soul and body (matter) are energies. Even the body does not die forever. At a subtle level it can be said to just change form. The energy is transformed that’s all. ~ Dr. R. S. Jnanesh
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