“You are the Master, the mind is your servant. That is the correct relationship.”
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Spiritual Quotes — page 138 of 1176
“Mind is there, in front of you. Don't log in.”
“Freedom is to be free of attachments, and the main attachment is to the 'I'-self.”
“Don't let your mind see through your eyes.”
“It isn't the mountains that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe.”
“How glad I am to be able to roam in the wood and thicket, among trees and flowers and rocks ... in the country, every tree seems to speak to me, saying, "Holy! Holy", in the woods, there is enchantment which expresses all things.”
“For many, the hijab represents modesty, piety and devotion to God, and I truly respect that. But the hijab should not be used as a means of applying social pressure on people.”
“When you awaken spiritually, in fact, you can use thought much more effectively than before, but you realize there is a depth to your Being, a vibrantly alive stillness that is much vaster than thought. It is consciousness itself, of which the thinking mind is only a tiny aspect.”
“Don't think of yourself as having a past, don't think of yourself as having a future. What's left?”
“Surrender is the inner transition from resistance to acceptance, from no to yes.”
“It is hard to see how a great man can be an atheist. Without the sustaining influence of faith in a divine power we could have little faith in ourselves. We need to feel that behind us is intelligence and love. Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create. Faith is the great motive power, and no man realizes his full possibilities unless he has the deep conviction that life is eternally important, and that his work, well done, is a part of an unending plan.”
“Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions.”
“Nature seemed to me full of wonders, and I wanted to steep myself in them. Every stone, every plant, every single thing seemed alive and indescribably marvelous. I immersed myself in nature, crawled, as it were, into the very essence of nature and away from the whole human world.”
“The worst thing you can think about when you're working is yourself.”
“It is quite exhilarating to speak about a God who has an incredible bias, a notorious bias in favor of the downtrodden. You look at Exodus and the Israelites' escape from a bottomless pit. God is not evenhanded. God is biased up to his eyebrows.”
“I just want to make the best music of all time with my best friends.”
“I see less and less... I need to avoid lateral light, which darkens my colors. Nevertheless, I always paint at the times of day most propitious for me, as long as my paint tubes and brushes are not mixed up... I will paint almost blind, as Beethoven composed completely deaf.”
“Next to worry probably one of the most potent causes of unhappiness is envy.”
“Each life is made up of mistakes and learning, waiting and growing, practicing patience and being persistent.”
“Fear comes from uncertainty; we can eliminate the fear within us when we know ourselves better. As the great Sun Tzu said: “When you know yourself and your opponent, you will win every time. When you know yourself but not your opponent, you will win one and lose one. However, when you do not know yourself or your opponent, you will be imperiled every time.”