True wisdom gives the only possible answer at any given moment, and that night, going back to bed was the only possible answer.
In a world of disorder and disaster and fraud, sometimes only beauty can be trusted. Only artistic excellence is incorruptible. Pleasure cannot be bargained down. And sometimes the meal is the only currency that is real.
In the end, though, maybe we must all give up trying to pay back the people in this world who sustain our lives. In the end, maybe it's wiser to surrender before the miraculous scope of human generosity and to just keep saying thank you, forever and sincerely, for as long as we have voices.
I am burdened with what the Buddhists call the 'monkey mind' -- the thoughts that swing from limb to limb, stopping only to scratch themselves, spit and howl.
Most of all, I can choose my thoughts.
This was my moment to look for the kind of healing and peace that can only come from solitude.
I will give you the sun and the rain, and if they are not available, I will give you a sun check and a rain check.
So miss him. Send him some love and light every time you think about him, then drop it.
Destiny, I feel, is also a relationship - a play between divine grace and willful self-effort.
the only thing you need to do for now is get some rest and take good care of yourself until you do know the answer
Om Namah Shivaya, meaning, I honor the divinity that resides within me.
We don't realize that, somewhere within us all, there does exist a supreme self who is eternally at peace.
Faith is belief in what you cannot see or prove or touch. Faith is walking face-first and full-speed into the dark.
You were given life; it is your duty (and also your entitlement as a human being) to find something beautiful within life, no matter how slight.
Imagine that the universe is a great spinning engine. You want to stay near the core of the thing - right in the hub of the wheel - not out at the edges where all the wild whirling takes place, where you can get frayed and crazy. The hub of calmness - that's your heart. That's where God lives within you. So stop looking for answers in the world. Just keep coming back to that center and you'll always find peace.
The day is ending. It's time for something that was beautiful to turn into something else that is beautiful. Now, Let go.
What worked yesterday doesn't always work today.
The Yogic scriptures say that God responds to the sacred prayers and efforts of human beings in any way whatsoever that mortals choose to worship - just so long as those prayers are sincere.
You have now reached infatuation’s final destination—the complete and merciless devaluation of self.
Il bel far niente means 'the beauty of doing nothing'... [it] has always been a cherished Italian ideal. The beauty of doing nothing is the goal of all your work, the final accomplishment for which you are most highly congratulated. The more exquisitely and delightfully you can do nothing, the higher your life's achievement. You don't necessarily need to be rich in order to experience this, either.
When the past has passed from you at last, let go. Then climb down and begin the rest of your life. With great joy.
The only place the mind will ever find peace is inside the silence of the heart. That's where you need to go
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