The very strength that protects the heart from injury is the strength that prevents the heart from enlarging to its intended greatness within. The song of the voice is sweet, but the song of the heart is the pure voice of heaven.
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
Each of us in our own way can try to spread compassion into people’s hearts. Western civilizations these days place great importance on filling the human ‘brain’ with knowledge, but no one seems to care about filling the human ‘heart’ with compassion.
God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God.
To understand oneself profoundly, one needs balance. Neither renunciation nor acquiescence.
