William Shakespeare Quote – “I hold ambition of so airy and light a quality…”

I hold ambition of so airy and light a quality, that it is but a shadow’s shadow. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)

Living Book, The Seeker, William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)

William Shakespeare Quote – “Dreams, indeed, are ambition…”

Dreams, indeed, are ambition, for the very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 – 1832), Living Book, The Search

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quote – “One ought every day at least to…”

One ought every day at least to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 – 1832)

Living Book, Richard Cecil (1748 – 1810), The Search

Richard Cecil Quote – “I feel that all I know and all I teach…”

I feel that all I know and all I teach, will do nothing for my own soul, if I spend my time, as most people do, in business or company, even the best company. My soul starves to death in the best company; and God is often lost in prayers and ordinances. “Enter into thy chamber,” said He, “and shut […]

Henry David Thoreau (1817 – 1862), Living Book, The Seeker

Henry David Thoreau Quote – “Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity…”

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 (1898 – 1963), Living Book, The Search

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)

Bhaghavad-Gita, Living Book, The Search

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.)

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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 […]