Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand. Henry David Thoreau (1817 – 1862)
C.S. Lewis Quote – “Your task is not to seek for love…”
Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. C. S. Lewis (1898 – 1963)
Bhagavad-Gita Quote – “O scion of Bharat, I am also the knower of all…”
O scion of Bharat, I am also the knower of all the individual fields of activity. The understanding of the body as the field of activities, and the soul and God as the knowers of the field, this I hold to be true knowledge. Bhagavad-Gita (500 B.C.E.)
How to Be in This Tumultuous World, But Not of It
There was once a hit Broadway show with a title many people could relate to. It was, “Stop the World, I Want to Get Off!” When life seems overwhelming that’s exactly what we want to do, isn’t it? We just want to get away from everything that frustrates us, frightens us, makes us feel powerless. But that wish is the […]
William Makepeace Thackeray Quote – “Kindnesses are easily forgotten…”
Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind? William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 – 1863)
Maurice Nicoll Quote – “If man were a unity instead of…”
If man were a unity instead of being a multiplicity, he would have true individuality. Maurice Nicoll (1884 – 1953)
C.S. Lewis Quote – “Human history is the long terrible story of…”
Human history is the long terrible story of a man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy. C. S. Lewis (1898 – 1963)
C.S. Lewis Quote – “Hell is a state of mind…”
Hell is a state of mind — ye never said a truer word. And every state of mind, left to itself, every shutting up of the creature within the dungeon of its own mind — is, in the end, Hell. But Heaven is not a state of mind. Heaven is reality itself. All that is fully real is Heavenly. For […]
Find the Place Where Peace Begins
It’s hard to read the news these days. With so much strife and antagonism being reported on every page or webpage, it seems as though war and violence have broken out across the planet. People of good will feel helpless in the face of such global forces. Many wish to know how flaring tempers can be cooled down and whether […]
Jalal al-Din Rumi Quote – “Why do you stay in prison…?”
Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open? Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)