Always remember, joy is not incidental to spiritual quest. It is vital.
Interpretation
Joy is essential for spiritual growth and should not be seen as a mere side effect.
This quote emphasizes the importance of joy in the journey of spiritual exploration. It suggests that experiencing joy is not just a privilege along the path but a fundamental necessity that enriches one's connection to spirituality and enhances personal growth.
In practice
During a motivational speech about personal development.
The essence of peace is to merge two opposites. Therefore your notions should not scare you if you see another, who absolutely opposes you, and you presume that there is no chance for peace between you two. On the same token when you see two individuals who are exactly two opposites, never say it would be impossible for them to reconcile. On the contrary, and this is the perfection of peace to make it between two opposites.
While praying, listen to the words very carefully. When your heart is attentive, your entire being enters your prayer without your having to force it.
It is the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not to venture all his eggs in one basket.
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
We have little control over the circumstances of life. We can't control the weather or the economy, and we can't control what other people say about or do to us. There is only one area where we have control--we can rule the kingdom inside. The heart of every problem is the problem in the heart.
Yes, I want money more than anything else in the world.” “Then you’ve made the only choice. But there’s a penalty attached, as there is to most things you want. It’s loneliness.
Recognize negativism and inferiority attitudes as enemies - do not try to dress them as your friends. you will be tempted to look upon negativism as prudence and inferiorities as humility. Strip off those false cloaks and see these attitudes in their nakedness - as enemies of you and of your possibilities.
Be happy when you are blamed and accused wrongly, for then you have the chance to see all the bitter, hostile or self-pitying responses that your sinful soul wants to spew out - as if these puny things could in any way defend you! Watch and see if any of these poisons come out of you when your spirit is pricked by an accusation. Only then can you see yourself as you are, and confess thy sin that is within you and forsake yourself again into the Lord's care.
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