Oh I forgot. This one’s my favorite.
“Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.”
My favourite is …
“what we feel, we become”
Here’s something I read from a book.
“Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything in life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from.”
Everything happens for a reason.
Awesome quotes, thanks for sharing!
"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians, they are not like your Christ."
Mohan das Gandhi
[B]Dadu Dayal-Realization came to me[/B]
When Realization came to me, I was filled with joy and all fear departed from me.
I found pure deliverance in the realm of the unapproachable, the unthinkable.
The Unapproachable has come near, the message of the Unthinkable abides with me always, the Unutterable find utterance.
From separation I have come to Union.
The bonds of self are loosened, all error has fled, and the light of the Brahman shines upon my soul.
Dadu says: I am neither Hindu nor Muslim
I am not attached to any of the six philosophical schools.
I love the merciful God.
In cutting Brahma up into bits the sects have divided him.
Dadu says: abandon limited thought in favour of the unlimited and become non-sectarian (nipakh).
Dadu says: since I am non-sectarian, the people are all in anger against me.
I have found that God is unchangeable, immortal, fearless, self-existent,
Almighty, pure, unimaged, unseen, infinite and incomprehensible.
Worship is due to Him and Him alone.[QUOTE=Baba;28035]"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians, they are not like your Christ."
Mohan das Gandhi[/QUOTE]
Unfortunately, Christ said the following:
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. - Matthew 10:34
But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign overthem, bring hither, and slay them before me. - Luke 19:27
Not much to like…
[QUOTE=Dave;28189]Unfortunately, Christ said the following:
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. - Matthew 10:34
But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign overthem, bring hither, and slay them before me. - Luke 19:27
Not much to like…[/QUOTE]
:rolleyes:
I am not sure of all the things Jesus said. I am less sure of the accuracy of the Bible. I believe Gandhi had a very positive vision of Jesus Christ and would have been happy to meet Christians who imbibed what he perceived to be the Christ. 
If Gandhi had a very positive vision of Christ it was only because he mistakenly believed what he heard from others about him, and clearly not what the bible actually quotes him as saying. Not that I have any belief in the unerring accuracy of the bible - the new testament was written approximately 100 years after Jesus was said to have lived - the old testament longer than that after the events it claims to describe were supposed to have occurred. My point was that Christ was no “Prince of Peace” as his followers have claimed - obviously quite successfully.
What you say is true. Even the most fanatical Christians of today would have been considered liberal if not heretics by the early Christians. The vision most have of Jesus is concocted
The righteous man quickly finds the world aligned against him. Sermons and laws change to better benefit the wicked. But the untainted heart will always choose a righteous path.
I like the quote by Chief Seattle “Take only memories, leave nothing but footprints”. It sums up my philosophy on life. Do what you have to do, but don’t destroy anything in the process. It really is the minimum one can ask.
[QUOTE=jlg;25308]The one about freedom is great. Here’s another one I like:
It’s only after you’ve lost everything that you’re free to do anything.
- fight club[/QUOTE]
“Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose.” - Kris Kristofferson
The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in. (B.K.S Iyengar)
Undisturbed calmness of mind is attained by cultivating friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and indifference toward the wicked. (The yoga sutras of Patanjali)
When the breath wanders the mind also is unsteady. But when the breath is calmed the mind too will be still, and the yogi achieves long life. Therefore, one should learn to control the breath. (Hatha Yoga Pradipika)
“Undisturbed calmness of mind is attained by cultivating friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and indifference toward the wicked. (The yoga sutras of Patanjali)”
Beautiful.
Thank you all for the wonderful quotes. I find it inspiring to read words of wisdom from books / persons.
“Realise deeply, that the present moment is all you ever have”. Eckhart Tolle
Namaste
“A lot of people think we’re biologically programmed to die, but the truth is that we’re biologically programmed for survival. There is no mechanism inside us that turns on to kill us when a certain period of time has elapsed.
—Dr. Thomas Kirkwood
A question a bout eternity
Thank you! Here is my favorite by BSK Iyengar
Yoga teaches us to cure what should not be endure and endure that can not be cured
OM
Good Quotes, I have read these quotes in one very good Yoga Book which I got from my Guru Unity many times ago.
Here’s my favourite quote
"you need flour to make bread" - Guru Shikramananda
I cry every time I hear it!
UM