Keep the balance true
And do not change. Do not divert your love from visible things. But go on loving what is good, simple and ordinary; animals and things and flowers, and keep the balance true. – Rilke
And do not change. Do not divert your love from visible things. But go on loving what is good, simple and ordinary; animals and things and flowers, and keep the balance true. – Rilke
The secret of human freedom is to act well, without attachment to the results. – From the Bhagavad Gita
Beauty is not caused, – it is; Chase it and it ceases, Chase it not and it abides… – Emily Dickinson
The master never seemed to have his fill of gazing at his firstborn child. “What do you want him to be when he grows up?” someone asked. “Outrageously happy,” said the master. – Anthony de Mello
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; The wise grows it under his feet. – James Oppenheim
What is troubling us is the tendency to believe that the mind is like a little man within. – Ludwig Wittgenstein
You will have peace to the extent that you have God, and the further you are away from God the less you will be at peace… Thus you may measure your progress with God by measuring your peace or the lack of it. – Meister Eckhart
Without desire everything is sufficient. With seeking myriad things are impoverished. Plain vegetables can soothe hunger. A patched robe is enough to cover this bent old body. Alone I hike with a deer. Cheerfully I sing with village children. The stream under the cliff cleanses my ears. The pine on the mountain top fits my…
We can walk through the darkest night with the radiant conviction that all things work together for the good. – Martin Luther King Jr.