I've gathered together some of the best quotes of the wisest people around.
David Bohm wisdom quote
Thought, Thinking, Mind
Thought runs you. Thought, however, gives false info that you are running it, that you are the one who controls thought. Whereas actually thought is the one which controls each one of us.
And sometimes it's the very otherness of a stranger, someone who doesn't belong to our ethnic or ideological or religious group, an otherness that can repel us initially, but which can jerk us out of our habitual selfishness, and give us intonations of that sacred otherness, which is God.
Your daily life is your temple and your religion. Whenever you enter into it take with you your all. Take the plough and the forge and the mallet and the lute, The things you have fashioned in necessity or for delight. For in reverie you cannot rise above your achievements nor fall lower than your failures. And take with you all men: For in adoration you cannot fly higher than their hopes nor humble yourself lower than their despair.
To obtain the pure silence necessary for the disciple, the heart and emotions, the brain and its intellectualisms, have to be put aside. Both are but mechanisms, which will perish with the span of man's life. It is the essence beyond, that which is the motive power, and makes man live, that is now compelled to rouse itself and act.
Conventional education makes independent thinking extremely difficult. Conformity leads to mediocrity. To be different from the group or to resist environment is not easy and is often risky as long as we worship success.
"Error runs down an inclined plane, while the Truth has to laboriously climb its way up hill." Old truisms are often the wisest. The human mind can hardly remain entirely free from bias, and decisive opinions are often formed before a thorough examination of a subject from all its aspects has been made.
To serve others with gratitude for the opportunity of service is good adab [in Sufism]. A dervish seeks opportunities to serve, knowing that service is an essential part of the spiritual path.
Some years ago, an American dervish was visiting Turkey, and he spent all his free time in Sheikh Muzaffer's bookstore. When a boy came to the shop with tea for everyone, the American dervish immediately pulled out his wallet and paid it. At lunch time, he rushed to pay for the lunches brought to the store. As he reached for his wallet a third time to pay for soft drinks, Sheikh Muzaffer scolded him, "Do you want to take all the benefits of serving others today? Don't be selfish; give someone else a chance to pay!" Serving others is like serving God.
"The very purpose of religion is to control yourself, not to criticize others. Rather, we must criticize ourselves. How much am I doing about my anger? About my attachment, about my hatred, about my pride, my jealousy? These are the things which we must check in daily life."
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Throughout the ages, man has been engaged in a quest for knowledge. Generation upon generation of man have endeavored to discover the truths which make man honorable and life worth living. In that same tradition of humanity the greatest of these philosophers have sought as well to pass along what wisdom they have discovered that others may live a happier life and that mankind's chances of survival be unhanced. This book contains 2500 years of man's greatest wisdom, passed on in that same traditi...0 points
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The culmination of several decades of work on the part of instructors at the National Outdoor Leadership School, Wilderness Wisdom combines quotations from environmentalists, nature writers, athletes, and public figures as diverse as Mahatma Gandhi and Albert Einstein. Perfect for moments of quiet contemplation in the wilderness, it also serves as a handy guide to various aspects of everyday life. This small, lightweight book will be of particular interest to hikers, climbers, and other outdoor....0 points
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"Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves." Rather than the dour soul he sometimes appeared to be, Abraham Lincoln enjoyed a fine, often barbed sense of humor as this lively collection of his salty stories, anecdotes, quotes and speech excerpts proves. Also included in this treasury are his famous addresses, a Lincoln time-line, and sections on Lincoln Lore, Gettysburg Gems and Assassination Secrets.0 points
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Instant Inspiration is a treasury of some of the world's greatest success quotes organized around ten phases in the goal achievement process. What makes this book unique is that the quotes have been carefully selected and sequenced to instruct as well as inspire. The timeless wisdom contained in over 650 quotes from over 350 famous goal achievers can stimulate and motivate you to follow through on the goals you set.
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"Leap and the net shall find you." Zen titles are perennial bestsellers, beloved by gift-giving buyers. Seekers of spiritual nourishment will find plenty of sustenance in these meditations, insights, and daily affirmations from the ancient Asian sages. It will help even the most harried individuals slow down their tempo, clear their consciousness, and impart a peaceful rhythm to their life. These quotations and sayings-presented in stunning Chinese calligraphy with gorgeous illustrations%u2...0 points
Many of us have realized in the last few days that silence can be enjoyable. We realize that there are many things that we do not have to say, and that then we can reserve the time and energy to do other things that can help us to look more deeply into ourselves and things around us.
Control of the tongue! Vital for the man who would try to tread the Path, for no harsh or unkind word, no hasty impatient phrase, may escape from the tongue which is consecrated to service, and which must not injure even an enemy; for that which wounds has no place in the Kingdom of Love.
Man is more than his environment. It is from the innate quality of the Spirit in him, his inner storehouse, that he draws those ideas, his intuitions, which unify his perceptions of the external world instantaneously with a value which is qualitative and not quantitative, and which he embodies in the works of his culture - those achievements which belong not only to one particular time but to all times, and mark the path of his upward progress.
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About free, undogmatic and inspiring spirituality. Videos, links, books and debate.
For me dogmas just don't work. I'm a spiritual person, but I don't really like the idea of anybody telling me what I have to believe.
Without spirituality, life has no meaning, no direction.
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