“... to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.”
“As much money and life as you could want! The two things most human beings would choose above all -- the trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them."
“...to have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone,
will give us some protection forever.”
“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." – Dumbledore
“... what would come, would come ... and he would have to meet
it when it did”
“... the true master of death does not seek to run away from Death. He accepts that he must die, and understands that there are far, far worse things in the living world than dying”
“The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon."
“To realize one's destiny is a person's only real obligation....And, when you want something,
all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."
“Making a decision was only the beginning of things. When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision.”
"You must understand that love never keeps a man from pursuing his destiny. If he abandons that pursuit, it's because it wasn't true love… the love that speaks the Language of the World."
“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity”
“Every search begins with beginners luck and ends with the victor's being severely tested””When you are loved, you can do anything in creation. When you are loved, there's no need at all to understand what's happening, because everything happens within you.”
"If what one finds is made of pure matter, it will never spoil. And one can always come back. If what you had found was only a moment of light, like the explosion of a star, you would find nothing on your return."
“Every individual creature on this planet is created by God to fulfil a particular role... We are all born with a divine fire in us. Our efforts should be to give wings to this fire and fill the world with the glow of its goodness."
“He who knows others is learned, but the wise one is the one who knows himself. Learning without wisdom is of no use”.
“Desire, when it stems from the heart and spirit, when it is pure and intense, possesses awesome electromagnetic energy. This energy is released into the ether each night, as the mind falls into sleep state. Each morning it returns to the conscious state reinforced with the cosmic currents. That which has been imaged will surely and certainly be manifested.”
“All reasonable men adapt themselves to the world. Only a few unreasonable ones persist in trying to adapt the world to themselves. All the progress in the world depends on these unreasonable men and their innovative and often non-conformist actions” (G.B.Shaw)
“Total commitment is not just hard work, it is total involvement. Building a rock wall is back-breaking work. There are some people who build rock walls all their lives. And when they die, there are miles of walls, mute testimonials to how hard those people had worked.
But there are other men who while placing one rock on top of another have a vision in their minds, a goal. It may be a terrace with roses climbing over the rock walls and chairs set out for lazy summer days. Or the rock wall may enclose an apple orchard or mark a boundary. When they finish, they have more than a wall. It is the goal that makes the difference.”
“God can do tremendous things through the person who doesn’t care who gets the credit. The ego involvement must go. Before God trusts you with success, you have to prove yourself humble enough to handle the big prize.” (Robert Schuller)
“Every individual creature on this planet is created by God to fulfil a particular role... We are all born with a divine fire in us. Our efforts should be to give wings to this fire and fill the world with the glow of its goodness."
“He who knows others is learned, but the wise one is the one who knows himself. Learning without wisdom is of no use”.
“Desire, when it stems from the heart and spirit, when it is pure and intense, possesses awesome electromagnetic energy. This energy is released into the ether each night, as the mind falls into sleep state. Each morning it returns to the conscious state reinforced with the cosmic currents. That which has been imaged will surely and certainly be manifested.”
“All reasonable men adapt themselves to the world. Only a few unreasonable ones persist in trying to adapt the world to themselves. All the progress in the world depends on these unreasonable men and their innovative and often non-conformist actions” (G.B.Shaw)
“Total commitment is not just hard work, it is total involvement. Building a rock wall is back-breaking work. There are some people who build rock walls all their lives. And when they die, there are miles of walls, mute testimonials to how hard those people had worked.
But there are other men who while placing one rock on top of another have a vision in their minds, a goal. It may be a terrace with roses climbing over the rock walls and chairs set out for lazy summer days. Or the rock wall may enclose an apple orchard or mark a boundary. When they finish, they have more than a wall. It is the goal that makes the difference.”
“God can do tremendous things through the person who doesn’t care who gets the credit. The ego involvement must go. Before God trusts you with success, you have to prove yourself humble enough to handle the big prize.” (Robert Schuller)
P.S. I ve included lines/quotes from books only. Other quotes are in the post "Refreshing quotes"
