Whoever knows himself knows God. Muhammad (570 – 632)
Muhammad Quote – “The purity of your hearts and your deeds…”
The almighty Allah judges you neither by your countenance nor your wealth, but by the purity of your hearts and your deeds. Muhammad (570 – 632)
Quote from the Gospel of Matthew – “This is the law and the prophets…”
All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so them, for this is the law and the prophets. Gospel of Matthew 7:12
Quote from the Gospel of Matthew – “This people’s heart is waxed gross…”
This people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing and their eyes have closed, lest haply they should perceive with their eyes and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart. Gospel of Matthew 13:15
Ramana Maharshi Quote – “Wanting to reform the world…”
If the mind is happy, not only the body but the whole world will be happy. So one must find out how to become happy oneself. Wanting to reform the world without discovering one’s true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to […]
Ramana Maharshi Quote – “Nearly all mankind is more or less unhappy…”
Nearly all mankind is more or less unhappy because nearly all do not know the true Self. Real happiness abides in Self-knowledge alone. All else is fleeting. To know one’s Self is to be blissful always. Ramana Maharshi (1879 – 1950)
Ramana Maharshi Quote – “You and I are the same…”
You and I are the same. What I have done is surely possible for all. You are the Self now and can never be anything else. Throw your worries to the wind, turn within and find peace. Ramana Maharshi (1879 – 1950)
George MacDonald Quote – “He had no feeling that he was in the heart of a crowded universe…”
He had no feeling that he was in the heart of a crowded universe, between all whose great verities moved countless small and smaller truths. Little notion had he that to learn these after the measure of their importance, was his business, with eternity to do it in! George MacDonald (1824 – 1905)
Maurice Nicoll Quote – “Every further stage of ourselves is within us…”
Every further stage of ourselves is within us, above us. Below us lies what we are already, what we have done before. Below us, behind us, is the passive surrender to things, the inertia of the past, the habits of years, and the passive, sensual mind — the mind of the senses — with its sole belief in appearances and […]
Maurice Nicoll Quote – “Whatever forms Christianity assumed…”
Whatever forms Christianity assumed in later times, however distorted it became, it must be remembered that its introduction was heralded by John the Baptist preaching change of mind as the first step towards “eternal” life. And this change of mind was connected by him with the teaching on the Kingdom of Heaven — an idea so difficult to grasp and […]