Those who are pure in heart achieve God-consciousness; they are truly and actually aware of God at the centre of their being.
Your hand opens and closes, opens and closes. If it were always a fist or always stretched open, you would be paralysed. Your deepest presence is in every small contracting and expanding, the two as beautifully balanced and coordinated as birds’ wings.
If a householder moulds himself according to the circumstances - just like nature moulds itself according to seasons - and performs his karma, then only shall he acquire happiness. One who does this successfully gains in all walks of life.
Blessed with a priceless life, why should I not fit it with compassion for all beings?
You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.
Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.
