Who is there who can make muddy waters clear? But if allowed to remain still, it will gradually clear itself. Lao Tzu (570 – 490 B.C.E.)
Lao Tzu Quote – “Appropriate rituals channel your emotions and energy…”
Don’t think you can attain total awareness and whole enlightenment without proper discipline and practice. This is egomania. Appropriate rituals channel your emotions and energy toward the light. Without the discipline to practice them, you will tumble constantly backward into darkness. Lao Tzu (570 – 490 B.C.E.)
Lao Tzu Quote – “Along the way to knowledge, many things are accumulated…”
Along the way to knowledge, many things are accumulated. Along the way to wisdom, many things are discarded. Lao Tzu (570 – 490 B.C.E.)
A. W. Tozer Quote – “Everyone of us has had experiences which we have not been able to explain…”
Everyone of us has had experiences which we have not been able to explain: A sudden sense of loneliness, or a feeling of wonder or awe in the face of the universal vastness. Or we have had a fleeting visitation of light like an illumination from some other sun, giving us in a quick flash an assurance that we are […]
Saint Teresa of Avila Quote – “Settle yourself in solitude…”
Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon Him in yourself. Saint Teresa of Avila (1515 – 1582)
Leo Tolstoy Quote – “None of your efforts are fruitless…”
Do not await the fulfillment of the divine cause you serve, but know that none of your efforts are fruitless, for they all advance the cause. Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910)
Dhu’l-Nun Quote – “When does the Sufi reach his goal?”
Someone once asked Dhu’l-Nun, “When does the Sufi reach his goal?” He said, “When he is as he was where he was before he was.” Dhu’l-Nun (796 – 859)
Ali ibn Abi Talib Quote – “Allah possesses a drink which is reserved for his intimate friends…”
Allah possesses a drink which is reserved for his intimate friends. When they drink they become intoxicated, when they become intoxicated they become joyful, when they become joyful they become sweet, when they become sweet they begin to melt, when they begin to melt they become free, when they become free they seek, when they seek they find, when they […]
Zhuang Zhou (Chuang Tzu) Quote – “He who is controlled by objects Loses possession of his inner self…”
When he tries to extend his power over objects Those objects gain control of him. He who is controlled by objects Loses possession of his inner self. If he no longer values himself, How can he value others? If he no longer values others, He is abandoned. He has nothing left. Zhuang Zhou (369 – 286 B.C.E.)
Chief Gray Eagle Quote – “Wisdom and knowledge were with the animals…”
In the beginning of all things, wisdom and knowledge were with the animals, for Tirawa, the One Above, did not speak directly to man. He sent certain animals to tell men that he showed himself through the beast, and that from them, and from the stars and the sun and moon should man learn… all things tell of Tirawa. Chief […]
