Books are not my whole life, but they make my life whole.
The souls of men are not measured by what they have done, but by what they leave behind.
Be a voice, not an echo.
14People receive houses and money from their parents, but a good wife is a gift from the LORD.
As the sun, who is the eye of the world, Cannot be tainted by the defects in our eyes Nor by the objects it looks on, So the one Self, dwelling in all, cannot Be tainted by the evils of the world. For this Self transcends all!
Contents Preface.
I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to the light I have. – Abraham Lincoln.
2TI1.7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Close thine eyes, and while thou sleepest Heaven will change thy fortune from evil to good.
If a man does what is good, let him do it again; let him delight in it: happiness is the outcome of good.
Though a man recite a hundred Gathas made up of senseless words, one word of the law is better, which if a man hears, he becomes quiet.
Therefore everything that changes brings suffering.
Material nature itself is constituted by three qualities: the mode of goodness, the mode of passion and the mode of ignorance. Above these modes there is eternal time, and by a combination of these modes of nature and under the control and purview of eternal time there are activities, which are called karma.
PRO21.19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
Blessed are those who have undergone ordeals. They have entered into life.
You’re blessed when you’re content with just who you are – no more, no less. That’s the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can’t be bought.
As humanity becomes monstrous, monsters become nicer.
The head alone knows what dwells near the heart.
Evil men do what good men only dream of doing.
Shed peace, not discord, wherever you go. Try to be part of the cure of every situation, not part of the problem. Try to ignore evil, rather than to actively combat it. Always try to build up, never to tear down. Show others by your example that happiness comes from living the right way. The power of your example is greater than the power of what you say.