Quotes on Persons

Of all that is written, I love only what a person hath written with his blood.

For a non-violent person the whole world is one family. He will thus fear none, nor will others fear him.

Meditation is the only way to overcome fear. There is no other way. Why does meditation help us overcome fear? In meditation we identify ourselves with the vast, with the Absolute. When we are afraid of someone or something, it is because we do not feel that particular person or thing is a part of us. When we have established conscious oneness with the Absolute, with the Infinite Vast, the everything there is part of us. And how can we be afraid of ourselves?

The last person I ever want working for me is someone who says 'that's not in my job description.

When you’ve had children, your body changes; there’s history to it. I like the evolution of that history; I’m fortunate to be with somebody who likes the evolution of that history. I think it’s important to not eradicate it. I look at someone’s face and I see the work before I see the person... You’re certainly not staving off the inevitable. And if you’re doing it out of fear, that fear’s still going to be seen through your eyes. The windows to your soul, they say.

Those who seek a better life must first become a better person.

Society is infested by persons who, seeing that the sentiments please, counterfeit the expression of them. These we call sentimentalists - talkers who mistake the description for the thing, saying for having.

It is a symbol evoking a reality that touches the depths of the person ... the light of goodness that vanquishes evil, of love that overcomes hatred, of life that defeats death.

As a white person, I realized I had been taught about racism as something that puts others at a disadvantage, but had been taught not to see one of its corollary aspects, white privilege, which puts me at an advantage.

Some suffering is given in order to chastise and correct a person for wrongful patterns of life (as in the case of Jonah imperiled by the storm), some suffering is given not to correct past wrongs but to prevent future ones (as in the case of Joseph sold into slavery), and some suffering has no purpose other than to lead a person to love God more ardently for himself alone and so discover the ultimate peace and freedom.

Rely on the teaching, not on the person;_x000D_ Rely on the meaning, not on the words;_x000D_ Rely on the definitive meaning, not on the provisional;_x000D_ Rely on your wisdom mind, not on your ordinary mind.

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.

Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.

Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person.

The person you consider ignorant and insignificant is the one who came from God, that he might learn bliss from grief and knowledge from gloom.

If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure him you will always remember.

The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.

The envious person grows lean with the fatness of their neighbor.

Vocal prayer . . . must be accompanied by reflection. A prayer in which a person is not aware of Whom he is speaking to, what he is asking, who it is who is asking and of Whom, I don't call prayer-however much the lips may move.

The person who masters himself through self-control and discipline is truly undefeatable.