Wisdom
By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. ~ Confucius
The intellect delights in investigating the past and the future but does not look to the present. Environment, time, and objects are all in oneself. How can they exist independently of me? They may change, but “I” remain unchanging. ~ Sri Ramana Maharshi
Knowledge and Learning
As is the food, so is the Mind,
as is the mind, so are the Thoughts,
as are the thoughts, so is the Conduct,
as is the conduct, so is the Health ~ Sathya Sai Baba
A powerful interest which dominates a man’s life polarizes his mind, which then acts like a magnet and continually draws out from his stored-up experience and also from new experiences whatever is relevant and useful to the end in view. Deep interest invigorates the mind, awakens its dormant powers and is the key to super excellence, invention and discovery. ~ Swami Krishnananda
To know that you do not know is the best.
To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease.
Only when one recognizes this disease as a disease
can one be free from the disease. ~ Lao Tzu
A man must elevate himself by his own mind, not degrade himself. The mind is the friend of the conditioned soul, and his potential enemy as well. ~ Bhagvad Gita
Knowledge manifested, wisdom grows.
Wisdom manifested, spiritually soars. ~ Sri Chinmoy
Thinking
Study without thinking and you are blind; think without studying and you are in danger. ~ Confucius
True thoughts have duration in themselves.
If the thoughts endure, the seed is enduring;
if the seed endures, the energy endures;
if the energy endures, then will the spirit endure.
The spirit is thought; thought is the heart;
the heart is the fire; the fire is the Elixir. ~ Lu Yen
Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom. ~ Buddha
It is not so much what you believe in matters, it is more the way in which you believe it and proceed to translate that belief into action. ~ Lin Yutang
Words have the power to destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world. ~ Budhha
Spiritual Guidance
Spirituality is like a medicine. To heal the illness, it is not sufficient to look at the medicine and talk about it. You have to ingest it. ~ Dalai Lama
There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. ~ Dalai Lama
It is felt that a disciplined mind leads to happiness and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering, and in fact it is said that bringing about discipline within one’s mind is the essence of the Buddha’s teaching. ~ Dalai Lama
Training of the mind helps one to bear sorrows and bereavements with courage, and finally these do not affect such one. ~ Sri Ramana Maharshi
My experience is that everything is bliss. But the desire for bliss creates pain. Thus bliss becomes the seed of pain. The entire universe of pain is born of desire. Give up the desire for pleasure and you will not even know what is pain. ~ Nisargadatta Maharaj
When one is in the highest transcendental samadhi, the physical personality of others disappears. We do not see others as human beings. We see only a flow of consciousness, like a river that is entering into the ocean. ~ Sri Chinmoy
Love is the highest bliss that man can attain to, for through it alone he truly knows that he is more than himself, and that he is at one with the All. ~ Rabindranath Tagore
