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"The lessons of history, confirmed by the evidence immediately before me, show conclusively that continued dependence upon relief induces a spiritual disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fiber. To dole out relief in this way is to administer a narcotic, a subtle destroyer of the human spirit. It is inimical to the dictates of a sound policy. It is in violation of the traditions of America."
"The universe is a single atom: the convergence of science and spirituality."
"The pas has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that."
"Yoga in Mayfair or Fifth Avenue, or in any other place which is on the telephone, is a spiritual fake."
"The world sometimes feels like an insane asylum. You can decide whether you want to be an inmate or pick up your visitor's badge. You can be in the world but not engage in the melodrama of it; you can become a spiritual being having a human experience thoroughly and fully."
"A key to strengthening spiritual muscles and enduring hardship is finding strength in the Word of God."
"All spiritual practices are illusions created by illusionists to escape illusion."
"The Gita is like a bouquet composed of the beautiful flowers of spiritual truths collected from the Upanishads."
"Put your thoughts to sleep, do not let them cast a shadow over the moon of your heart. Let go of thinking."
"Compassion- which means, literally, "to suffer with"- is the way to the truth that we are most ourselves, not when we differ from others, but when we are the same. Indeed the main spiritual question is not, "What difference do you make?" but "What do you have in common?" It is not "excelling" but "serving" that makes us most human. It is not proving ourselves to be better than others but confessing to be just like others that is the way to healing and reconciliation."
"Spiritual maturity is not knowing what to do with your whole life, but just knowing what to do next."
"Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us. We need hours of aimless wandering or spates of time sitting on park benches, observing the mysterious world of ants and the canopy of treetops."
"Disease is in essence the result of conflict between Soul and Mind, and will never be eradicated except by spiritual and mental effort."
"If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time, because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure."
"Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness."
"One-half of the ills of life come because men are unwilling to sit down quietly for thirty minutes to think through all the possible consequences of their acts."
"If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it."
"Good is a product of the ethical and spiritual artistry of individuals; it cannot be mass-produced."
"Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force - that thoughts rule the world."
"Remember this, you don't have to be important or special or glamorous; all you actually need is success and pleasure from whatever it is that you choose to do with your life. You don't have to become something in the eyes of others, you only have to become something in your own reality. From this humble attitude flows a sweet serenity which comes naturally from personal healing and spiritual reconciliation."
