I once had a thousand desires. But in my one desire to know you, all else melted away.
The time has come to turn your heart into a temple of fire. Your essence is gold hidden in dust. To reveal its splendor you need to burn in the fire of love.
Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about.
As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.
We are born of love. Love is our mother.
Go on bravely. Do not expect success in a day or a year. Always hold on to the highest. Be steady. Avoid jealousy and selfishness. Be obedient and eternally faithful to the cause of truth, humanity, and your country, and you will move the world.
We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.
To be alone means that you avoid bad company. But to have a true friend is better than being alone.
Between stimulus and response is the freedom to choose.
It is here that we encounter the central theme of existentialism: to live is to suffer, to survive is to find meaning in the suffering.
Be strong, but not rude; Be kind, but not weak; Be bold, but not bully; Be humble, but not timid; Be proud, but not arrogant.
To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.
Life before Death. Strength before Weakness. Journey before Destination.
The goal of early childhood education should be to activate the child’s own natural desire to learn.
Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
Change is the only constant.
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.
Always remember, your focus determines your reality.
It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll; I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.
Be who you are and be that well.