If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when? Hillel the Elder (circa 110 B.C.E. – 10 A.D.)
Paramhansa Yogananda Quote – “I am the bubble, make me the sea…”
So do Thou my Lord, Thou and I never apart, Wave of the sea dissolve in the sea, I am the bubble, make me the sea, Oh I am the bubble, make me the sea. Paramhansa Yogananda (1893 – 1952)
Saint John of the Cross Quote – “The endurance of darkness…”
The endurance of darkness is preparation for great light. Saint John of the Cross (1542 – 1591)
Henri Amiel Quote – “To repel one’s cross…”
To repel one’s cross is to make it heavier. Henri Amiel (1821 – 1881)
Albert Einstein Quote – “No problem can be solved from…”
No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it. Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955)
William Shakespeare Quote – “What to ourselves in passion we propose…”
What to ourselves in passion we propose, The passion ending, doth the purpose lose. The violence of either grief or joy Their own enactures with themselves destroy: Where joy most revels, grief doth most lament; Grief joys, joy grieves, on slender accident. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
William Shakespeare Quote – “I do believe you think what now you speak…”
I do believe you think what now you speak; But what we do determine oft we break. Purpose is but the slave to memory. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
William Shakespeare Quote – “Give me that man that is not passion’s slave…”
Give me that man That is not passion’s slave, and I will wear him In my heart’s core, ay, in my heart of heart, As I do thee. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
Jiddu Krishnamurti Quote – “The constant assertion of belief…”
The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear. Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895 – 1986)
Jiddu Krishnamurti Quote – “When you call yourself an Indian or a Muslim or a Christian…”
When you call yourself an Indian or a Muslim or a Christian or a European or anything else, you are being violent. Do you see why it is violent? Because you are separating yourself from the rest of mankind. When you separate yourself by belief, by nationality, by tradition, it breeds violence. Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895 – 1986)