Most people believe the mind to be a mirror, more or less accurately reflecting the world outside of them, not realizing on the contrary that the mind is itself the principal element of creation. – Rabindranath Tagore
As a mountain is unshaken by the wind, so the heart of a wise person is unmoved by all the changes on this earth. – Buddha
We can walk through the darkest night with the radiant conviction that all things work together for the good. – Martin Luther King Jr.
A hermit is one who renounces the world of fragments that he may enjoy the world wholly and without interruption. – Kahlil Gibran
There is nothing wrong with duality as long as it does not create conflict. Multiplicity and variety without strife is joy. In pure consciousness there is light. For warmth, contact is needed. Above the unity of being is the union of love. Love is the purpose of duality. – Nisargadatta Maharaj
Earth’s crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes. – Elizabeth Barrett Browning
There is only one world; the world pressing against you at this minute. There is only one minute in which you are alive; this minute here and now. The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle. – Storm Jameson
The mystical is not how the world is, but that it is. – Ludwig Wittgenstein