The rains of Life's Blessings cannot gather on mountaintops of pride, but flow easily into valleys of humbleness.
Interpretation
Humility allows for the reception of life's blessings, while pride creates barriers.
This quote emphasizes the importance of humility in receiving the blessings that life has to offer. It suggests that those who are prideful become like mountaintops, which, despite their height, fail to accumulate the nourishing rains, while the valleys, representing humility, welcome these blessings without resistance.
In practice
During a speech on personal growth, one might say, 'Remember, the rains of life's blessings cannot gather on mountaintops of pride, but flow easily into valleys of humbleness.'
Man is important in one sense only. He was made in the image of God: That is his importance. He is not important for his body, ego, or personality. His constant affirmation of ego-consciousness is the source of all his problems.
When, by meditation, we withdraw restless thoughts from the lake of the mind, we behold our soul, a perfect reflection of Spirit.
It is wisest to be impartial. If you have health, but are attached to it, you will always be afraid of losing it. And if you fear that loss, but become ill, you will suffer. Why not remain forever joyful in the Self?
From joy people are born; for joy they live; in joy they melt at death. Death is an ecstasy, for it removes the burden of the body and frees the soul of all pain springing from body identification. It is the cessation of pain and sorrow.
It is better to meditate a little bit with depth than to mediate long with the mind running here and there. If you do not make an effort to control the mind it will go on doing as it pleases, no matter how long you sit to meditate.
Millions of people never analyze themselves. Mentally they are mechanical products of the factory of their environment, preoccupied with breakfast, lunch, and dinner, working and sleeping, and going here and there to be entertained. They don't know what or why they are seeking, nor why they never realize complete happiness and lasting satisfaction. By evading self-analysis, people go on being robots, conditioned by their environment. True self-analysis is the greatest art of progress.
We often repent of our first thoughts, and scarce ever of our second.
Faith is not a blind thing; for faith begins with knowledge. It is not a speculative thing; for faith believes facts of which it is sure. It is not an unpractical, dreamy thing; for faith trusts, and stakes its destiny upon the truth of revelation.
Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the expense of joy.
Men say they only learn this but he said that no creature can learn that which his heart has no shape to hold.
Prediction is difficult- particularly when it involves the future.
When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before.
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