Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self.
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Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self.
You don’t become a teacher to make a world of money. You become a teacher to make a world of difference.
The world is so unhappy because it is ignorant of the true Self. Man’s real nature is happiness. Happiness is inborn in the true Self. Man’s search for happiness is an unconscious search for his true Self. The true Self is imperishable; therefore, when a man finds it, he finds a happiness which does not come to an end.
Somewhere in the world, someone is doing something that you decided couldn't be done.
Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.
Christ took our sins and the sins of the whole world as well as the Father's wrath on his shoulders, and he has drowned them both in himself so that we are thereby reconciled to God and become completely righteous.
Society is made up of individuals. The thoughts and actions of each individual influence the culture of that society. Instead of waiting for others to improve, we should try to improve ourselves. Once our attitude has changed, we will be able to perceive goodness throughout world. If there is a positive change in us, it will also be reflected in others. It is only what we give that we can hope to get back.
If you treat every person you meet as if he or she were the most important person in the world, you'll communicate that he or she is somebody - to you.
The Christian mission has only one focus: to change individual's lives so they can change the world.
For it is a horrible blasphemy to imagine that there is any work by which you should presume to pacify God, since you see that there is nothing which is able to pacify Him but this inestimable price, even the death and the blood of the Son of God, one drop of which is more precious than the whole world.
I do small things. I try to do good things every day. _x000D_ If everyone does some good, think of what a good world this will be.
Beautify your inner dialogue. Beautify your inner world with love light and compassion. Life will be beautiful.
Bookstores always remind me that there are good things in this world.
If we stop thinking of the poor as victims or as a burden and start recognizing them as resilient and creative entrepreneurs and value conscious consumers, a whole new world of opportunity will open up.
When we know that educating a girl can change the world, why wait?
The phrase, 'You must die before you die,' is found in most of the world religions. If you don't learn how to die early, you spend the rest of your life avoiding failure. When you can free your True Self, the whole spiritual life opens up.
If you think small, your world will be small. If you think big, your world will be big.
World peace must develop from inner peace.
We must create our own world or we will die from inaction
Instead of becoming the world’s expert on Buddhism, just let go, let go, let go.
Abandon desire for this world, and God will love you. Abandon desire for others’ goods, and people will love you.
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