We must try to penetrate our most secret self, and examine our being from all sides… And so, for the first time in my life perhaps (although I am supposed to meditate every day!), I took the lamp and, leaving the zone of everyday occupations and relationships where everything seems clear, I went down into my inmost self, to the […]
But what is the secret of finding this treasure? There isn’t one. This treasure is everywhere. It is offered to us all the time and wherever we are. All creatures, friends or foes, pour it out in abundance, and it flows through every fiber of our body and soul until it reaches the very core of our being. God’s activity […]
The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown. No traveller ever reached that blessed abode who found not thorns and briers in his road. William Cowper (1731 – 1800)
Surely it is the maxim of loving-kindness: Do not do unto others what you would not have done unto you. Confucius (551 – 479 B.C.E.)
You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from flying over your head, but you can keep them from building nests in your hair. Confucius (551 – 479 B.C.E.)
The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large. Confucius (551 – 479 B.C.E.)
Learn avidly. Question repeatedly what you have learned. Analyze it carefully. Then put what you have learned into practice intelligently. Confucius (551 – 479 B.C.E.)
Ring the bell that still can ring. Forget the perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in. Leonard Cohen (1934 – 2016)
There is only one way of truth, but different paths from different places join it, just like tributaries flowing into a perennial river. Solomon adds that there are plenty of righteous people and plenty of routes for them. He explains this as follows: “The paths of the righteous shine like light.” Clement of Alexandria (circa 150 – 215)
The union of the soul with soul and spirit with spirit in accordance with the sowing of the word brings growth to the seed sown and produces life. Everyone who is educated in obedience to his educator becomes a son. Clement of Alexandria (circa 150 – 215)
