I think the world is going to be saved by millions of small things.
The ego seeks to divide and separate. Spirit seeks to unify and heal.
So many of us start along the spiritual path because we are suffering. But you must realize that for real healing to occur, there must first be deep compassion for yourself, especially the parts of yourself you dislike or consider ugly.
Welcome the present moment as if you had invited it. It is all we ever have, so we night as well work with it rather than struggling against it. We might as well make it our friend and teacher rather than our enemy.
All the terrible things we do to ourselves and others from alcoholism to character assignation to abuse to murder come from one cause: the inability to stay present with an uncomfortable feeling in the body and seek short-term relief.
You are the sky. Everything else - it’s just the weather.
Inner # peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your # emotions
You will accomplish more by kind words and a courteous manner than by anger or sharp rebuke, which should never be used except in necessity.
A warrior is not about perfection or victory or invulnerability. He's about absolute vulnerability.
Even crushed against his brother in the Tube the average Englishman pretends desperately that he is alone.
Rise above the storm and you will find the sunshine.