"We can see the same spirit in everybody only when we know we are that spirit, Atman or Self. Only a person who has understood his own Self can see that Self in everybody."

-- Swami Satchidananda

#Yoga Quotes #Self Quotes #Atman Quotes

“Some Christmas tree ornaments do more than glitter and glow, they represent a gift of love given a long time ago”
“When we have faith and discipline everything becomes easier. Patience is the mother of all virtues. With anxiety all our lives become worse.”

Source : "Character: Chico Xavier". "Chico Xavier", www.imdb.com. 2010.
“Fury said to a mousethat he met in the houselet us both go to law; I will prosecute youlet there be no denial; come, we must have a trialfor really, this morning, I've nothing to dosuch a trial, dear sir, said the mouse to the curwithout jury or judge would be wasting our breathI'll be judge, I'll be jurysaid cunning old furyI'll try the whole cause and condemn youto death”
“I don't want to leave the sport saying I could have run faster. I just want to be tapped out, like I gave it my all.”
“There's all kinds of love in the world, and not all of it looks like the stuff in greeting cards.”

Source : Jennifer Weiner (2010). “Best Friends Forever”, p.130, Simon and Schuster
“What I had to face, the very bitter lesson that everyone who wants to write has got to learn, was that a thing may in itself be the finest piece of writing one has ever done, and yet have absolutely no place in the manuscript one hopes to publish.”
“It will be funny in about 10 years.”
“Retreating from the world will not liberate you. Happiness is not found in a secluded forest hut or isolated cave. Enlightenment comes when you connect to the world. Only when you truly connect with everyone and everything else do you become Enlightened. Only by going deeply and fully into the world do you attain liberation.”

Source : Guo Jun (2013). “Essential Chan Buddhism: The Character and Spirit of Chinese Zen”, p.13, Monkfish Book Publishing

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