Do not be bewildered by the surfaces; in the depths all becomes law. Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 – 1926)
Rainer Maria Rilke Quote – “I beg you to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart…”
I beg you to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don’t search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is […]
Mahmud Shabistari Quote – “The stakes are high for real prayer…”
The stakes are high for real prayer. You must gamble yourself and be willing to lose. When you have done this, and your self shakes off what you believed your self to be, then no prayer remains, only a sparkle of the eyes. Knower and known are one. If you penetrate the center of time and space, You can bypass […]
St. John of the Cross Quote – “In deepest solitude I found the narrow way…”
In deepest solitude I found the narrow way, a secret giving such release that I was stunned and stammering, rising above all science. St. John of the Cross (1542 – 1591)
St. John of the Cross Quote – “To come to the pleasure you have not…”
To come to the pleasure you have not You must go by a way in which you enjoy not. To come to the knowledge you have not You must go by a way in which you know not. To come to the possession you have not You must go by a way in which you possess not. To come to […]
Simon of Taibutheh Quote – “You are the image of God and the bond of all creation…”
Consider, O discerning man, that you are the image of God and the bond of all creation, both of the heavenly and the terrestrial beings, and whenever you bend your head to worship and glorify God, all the creations, both heavenly and terrestrial, bow their heads with you and in you, to worship God. And whenever you do not worship […]
Idries Shah Quote – “For each believes his lamp to be the light of day!”
For each believes his lamp to be the light of day! Idries Shah (1924 – 1996)
Seneca Quote – “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare…”
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare. It is because we do not dare that they are difficult. Seneca (4 B.C.E. – 65 A.D.)
Yuan-wu Quote – “If you understand, you can make use of it on the road…”
If you understand, you can make use of it on the road, like a dragon reaching the water, like a tiger in the mountains. If you don’t understand, then the worldly truth will prevail, and you will be like a ram caught in a fence, like a fool watching over a stump waiting for a rabbit. Yuan-wu (1063 – 1135)
Socrates Quote – “Beware the barrenness of a busy life.”
Beware the barrenness of a busy life. Socrates (470 – 399 B.C.E.)
