Our liberty, wisely understood, is but a voluntary obedience to the universal laws of life. Henri Amiel (1821 – 1881)
Bhagavad Gita Quote – “Higher, deeper, innermost…”
Higher, deeper, innermost, abides another life. Bhagavad Gita (500 B.C.E.)
Giovanni Giocondo Quote – “Life is so generous a giver…”
Life is so generous a giver. But we, judging its gifts by their covering, cast them away as ugly or heavy or hard. Remove the covering, and you will find beneath it a living splendor, woven of love by wisdom, with power. Welcome it, grasp it, and you touch the angel’s hand that brings it to you. Everything we call […]
Henri Amiel Quote – “To be happy, to possess eternal life…”
To be happy, to possess eternal life, to be in God, to be saved — all these are the same. All alike mean the solution of the problem, the aim of existence. And happiness is cumulative, as misery may be. An eternal growth is an unchangeable peace, an ever more profounder depth of understanding, a possession constantly more intense and […]
Honore de Balzac Quote – “Miracles are within us…”
Miracles are within us, natural facts which some call supernormal. Honore de Balzac (1799 – 1850)
Jacob Boehme Quote – “Paradise is still in the world…”
Paradise is still in the world, but a man is not in Paradise unless he is born again of God; in that case he stands in his new birth. Jacob Boehme (1575 – 1624)
Jacob Boehme Quote – “The true heaven is everywhere…”
The true heaven is everywhere, even in the very place where you stand and go. Jacob Boehme (1575 – 1624)
William Shakespeare Quote – “Truth is truth To th’end of reck’ning.”
Truth is truth To th’end of reck’ning. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
Quote from Buddhism – “Heal your wounds, you wounded…”
Heal your wounds, you wounded, and eat your fill, you hungry. Rest, you weary, and you who are thirsty quench your thirst. Look up to the light, you that sit in darkness; be full of good cheer, you that are forlorn. Trust in truth, you that love the truth, for the kingdom of righteousness is founded upon earth. The darkness […]
John Caird Quote – “For whilst in one sense we give up self…”
For whilst in one sense we give up self to live the universal and absolute life of reason, yet that to which we thus surrender ourselves is in reality our truer self. The life of absolute truth or reason is not a life that is foreign to us. In yielding to it we are not submitting to an outward and […]
