The difference between a drunk and a alcoholic is that a drunk doesn't have to attend all those meetings.
Call it by any name, God, Self, the Heart, or the Seat of Consciousness, it is all the same.
Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.
Whatever is destined not to happen will not happen, try as you may. Whatever is destined to happen will happen, do what you may to prevent it. This is certain. The best course, therefore, is to remain silent.
The question 'Who am I?' is not really meant to get an answer, the question 'Who am I?' is meant to dissolve the questioner.
Correcting oneself is correcting the whole world. The Sun is simply bright. It does not correct anyone. Because it shines, the whole world is full of light. Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
No one succeeds without effort. . . Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.
The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone.
With faith, I know that everything will be taken care of. Even the difficult times become learning experiences to help make my faith stronger.
We can't say what God is, and until the modern period, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim theologians in the three God religions all knew that. They insisted that we have no idea what we meant when we said that God was good, or wise, or intelligent.
Music is generally important to blind people, and most of the blind people that I have come into contact, through my parents, music is very special to them.