Untrained warriors are soon killed on the battlefield; so also persons untrained in the art of preserving their inner peace are quickly riddled by the bullets of worry and restlessness in active life.
Paramahansa YoganandaRead
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Untrained warriors are soon killed on the battlefield; so also persons untrained in the art of preserving their inner peace are quickly riddled by the bullets of worry and restlessness in active life.
A Warrior knows that a great dream is made up of many different things, just as the light from the sun is the sum of its millions of rays.
Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.
making a decision was only the beginning of things. When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision.
Open your arms to change but don't let go of your values.
We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life. All that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.
Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.
Dying is nothing to fear. It can be the most wonderful experience of your life. It all depends on how you've lived.
Those who learned to know death, rather than to fear and fight it, become our teachers about life.
Better give your path to a dog than be bitten by him in contesting for the right. Even killing the dog would not cure the bite
Men need to know the elemental challenges that sea and mountains present. They need to know what it is to be alive and to survive when great storms come. They need to unlock the secrets of streams, lakes, and canyons and to find how these treasures are veritable storehouses of inspiration. They must experience the sense of mastery of adversity. They must find a peak or a ridge that they can reach under their own power alone.
You must realise now, more clearly than ever, that God is calling you to serve Him in and from the ordinary, secular and civil activities of human life. He waits for us everyday, in the laboratory, in the operating theatre, in the army barracks, in the university chair, in the factory, in the workshop, in the fileds, in the home and in all the immense panorama of work.
You've done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination.
The Blues are the true facts of life expressed in words and song, inspiration, feeling, and understanding.
A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.
The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.
Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.
If you pay close attention to each day, you will discover the magic moment.
Sometimes I write about my own life. And sometimes I write about situations I see my friends going through. Sometimes I write about a scene I saw in a movie. I take inspiration from all different places.
Lent stimulates us to let the Word of God penetrate our life and in this way to know the fundamental truth: who we are, where we come from, where we must go, what path we must take in life.
How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.
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