Quotes on Wise Words

It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.

When there is no mind, you are in yoga; when there is mind you are not in yoga. So you may do all the postures, but if the mind goes on functioning, if you go on thinking, you are not in yoga. Yoga is the state of no-mind. If you can be without the mind without doing any posture, you have become a perfect yogi. It has happened to many without doing any postures, and it has not happened to many who have been doing postures for many lives.

How bold one gets when one is sure of being loved.

I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

History is written by the victors.

There are more things to alarm us than to harm us, and we suffer more often in apprehension than reality.

We can do no great things-only small things with great love.

While we are postponing, life speeds by.

A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.

Once you’ve accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you.

The eyes are the mirror of the soul and reflect everything that seems to be hidden; and like a mirror, they also reflect the person looking into them.

We will always meet rivals in everything we do, but the most dangerous are those we believe to be our friends.

The depravity of man is at once the most empirically verifiable reality but at the same time the most intellectually resisted fact.

Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.

Love your Enemies, for they tell you your Faults.

To enjoy the rainbow, first enjoy the rain.

If you love deeply, you're going to get hurt badly. But it's still worth it.

Speak only if it improves upon the silence.

Go further than you planned. Ask for the moon: you will be surprised how often you get it

Revenge is not worthy of you. If you concentrate on revenge, you will keep those wounds fresh that would otherwise have healed.