Sunday

"Rain falling in different parts of the world flows through thousands of channels to reach the ocean...and so, too, religions and theologies, which all come from man's yearning for meaning, they too, flow in a thousand ways, fertilizing many fields, refreshing tired people, and at last reach the ocean."

- Sathya Sai Baba: was an Indian guru, spiritual leader and philanthropist

"Great things are done by a series of small things brought together."

- Vincent Van Gogh

Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes.

Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.

~ Rumi

"Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder."

-Rumi

“There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.”

-Epictetus

With every breath

I plant the seeds of devotion -

I am a farmer of the heart.

~ Rumi

You are not a drop in the ocean.

You are the entire ocean in a drop.

~ Rumi

"A human being is part of the whole called by us ‘universe' - a part limited in time and space. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."

- Albert Einstein

"The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence."

~ Rabindranath Tagore: was a Bengali polymath who reshaped Bengali literature and music

"The greatest gift I can conceive of having from anyone is to be seen by them, to be understood and touched by them. The greatest gift I can give is to see, hear, understand and to touch another person."

- Virginia Satir: was an American author and social worker, known especially for her approach to family therapy

"When you really remember the value of deep listening and respect and love, you get addicted to it because you realize the power behind that thought."

- Piya Sorcar

"There is a certain part of all of us that lives outside of time. Perhaps we become aware of our age only at exceptional moments and most of the time we are ageless."

- Milan Kundera: a Czech-born writer

"Life exists only at this very moment, and in this moment it is infinite and eternal. For the present moment is infinitely small; before we can measure it, it has gone, and yet it exists forever. . . . You may believe yourself out of harmony with life and its eternal Now; but you cannot be, for you are life and exist Now."

- from Become What You Are by Alan Watts