O, swear not by the moon, the fickle moon, the inconstant moon, that monthly changes in her circle orb, Lest that thy love prove likewise variable.
All created beings are unmanifest in their beginning, manifest in their interim state and unmanifest again when they are annihilated. So what need is there for lamentation?
Life has been compared with a battle and rightly so, as each day comes up with a new set of challenges which we must meet. One cannot just shy away from problems if he has to survive. He has to meet to challenges with courage.
This is true knowledge: to seek the Self as the true end of wisdom always. To seek anything else is ignorance.
I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives.
