The soul that is attached to anything, however much good there may be in it, will not arrive at the liberty of Divine union. For whether it be a strong wire rope or a slender and delicate thread that holds the bird, it matters not, if it really holds it fast; for until the cord be broken, the bird cannot fly.
Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.
To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with Spring.
When a man honours his father and mother, God says, “I regard it as though I had dwelt among them and they had honoured me."
By this attitude of complete renunciation you shall be freed from bondage, good and bad, of karma. You shall be liberated, and come to Me.
From the solemn gloom of the temple children run out to sit in the dust. God watches them play and forgets the priest.
