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"Usually when I draw, I try to be in a contemplative mood. I try to keep my mind as empty, vacant and tranquil as possible. The outer mind is like the surface of the sea. On the surface, the sea is full of waves and surges; it is all restlessness. But when we dive deep below, the same sea is all peace, calmness and quiet, and there we find the source of creativity."
"Meditation speaks. It speaks in silence."
"Hope is not an idle term. Hope is the reality that can and does reveal itself to us at God's choice hour. To hope is to know the secret of achievement."
"Never give up hope! Hope ultimately succeeds."
"The satisfaction of life May not be ours, But the beauty of hope Is all ours."
"When hope makes friends With patience, Hope will be able To live indefinitely."
"Hope pulls the heart of tomorrow into the body of today."
"The Goal can disappear From the mind's sight But not From the heart's vision."
"There is a peace That fruitfully lives for me Infinitely more Than I can live for myself."
"Doubt is an old disease. Faith is an old medicine. Compassion is an old doctor. Concern is an old nurse."
"To succeed in any field, Our enthusiasm-eyes must sparkle and our enthusiasm-hearts Must dance."
"The human mind is utterly stupid when it carries, quite willingly, the heavy burden of resentment."
"Our human nature likes more to destroy than to build, more to cry than to smile, and more to correct the world than to love and embrace the world."
"Either consciously or unconsciously we are searching for the highest Self, which is at once eternal and infinite."
"It is better to make mistakes than to lie idle."
"No more my heart shall sob or grieve. My days and nights dissolve in God's own Light. Above the toil of life, my soul is a Bird of Fire winging the Infinite."
"The waves of hatred-night can easily be dissolved in the sea of oneness-love."
"When we seek appreciation from others, we get not appreciation, but flattery."
"To hope is to feel the presence of the inner sun. The inner sun is; the outer sun becomes."
"There is no fundamental difference between one religion and another, because each religion embodies the ultimate Truth. Each religion is right, absolutely right, because each religion conveys the message of Truth in its own way."