If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.
The wealthy, Jesus says, can only get into heaven through the eye of a needle; the same applies to churches wealthy in numbers and programs.
The sage is still not because he takes stillness to be good and therefore is still. The ten thousand things are insufficient to distract his mind - that is the reason he is still.
The fairest things have fleetest end, Their scent survives their close: But the rose's scent is bitterness To her who loved the rose.
You can't discuss the ocean with a well frog - he's limited by the space he lives in. You can't discuss ice with a summer insect - he's bound to a single season.
Let your mind wander in simplicity, blend your spirit with the vastness, follow along with things the way they are, and make no room for personal views - then the world will be governed.
Men all pay homage to what understanding understands, but no one understands enough to rely upon what understanding does not understand and thereby come to understand.
A fool may buy all the books in the world, and they will be in his library; but he will be able to read only those that he deserves to.
Excuses will not take you far, they will take you out. The success of your many excuses doesn’t mean you will run away from the work. It means the work will run away from you!
Everyone is watching you. If you don’t believe it, just pretend to fail and you’ll see many mockers. For this reason, work hard as if you are doing everyone’s business!
If you work hard enough at something, it begins to make itself part of you, even though you do not really like it and know that part isn't real.
Even when you don't see Him working, He's busy working on your behalf. Forever grateful for God's grace!
Whatever you can think about, you can have it realized, provided you can work out the suggestions of your imaginations.
I want to feel like I'm making a difference in this world. And I want some time for living rather than just working. Life is for living, isn't it? It can't be all just for working
The drawing is also a reminder that there’s an artist within each of us, and we must encourage that artist to do the work, to make something that matters, regardless of anything else that is going on.
One's best work comes when we are fully alive, happy, and inspired.
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.
It must be obvious that the Reality we all encounter only works one way, and it functions that way regardless of what the experiencer believes.
We're a symphony--our limbs and lips and skin making up the instruments, working together to create a beautiful piece of music.
One minute was enough, Tyler said, "A person had to work hard for it, but a minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection.
A lot of the machines that Google is built on—commodity is the polite word for them—they're regular PCs and so they're not always the most reliable.
