Quotes from the Masters and Teachers

ms hepburn,
this thread is so much fun - these are all for you

Life is hard. After all, it kills you.

If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.

Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a sledgehammer.

If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.

all by the venerable, katherine hepburn

[Miss Hepburn]

Thanks for the laugh.
Xxoo.

[Miss Hepburn]

God alone grants the heavenly ambrosia
A rare soul of myriads may get it.

~Guru Amar Das

Wonderful page, I really liked all the quotes people have shared!

Here is my favorite one: When the Lamp of Truth is lit darkness vanishes by itself. - Swami Vivekananda

Originally Posted by MMM

ms hepburn,
this thread is so much fun - these are all for you

Life is hard. After all, it kills you.

If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.

Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a sledgehammer.

If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.

all by the venerable, katherine hepburn

hah hah these had me tickled! :-)

Originally Posted by Animus27

Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm, even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame. - Buddha Shakyamuni, Dhammapada

He said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? If then you are not able to do so small a thing as that, why do you worry about the rest? Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you—you of little faith! - Jesus of Nazareth, Gospel according to Luke 12:22-28

To find a buddha, you have to see your nature. Whoever sees his nature is a buddha. If you don't see your nature, invoking buddhas, reciting sutras, making offerings and keeping precepts are all useless. - Bodhidharma


Ah, so many more. Great topic

thanks these are really beautiful and thought provoking. I have jotted them down in my personal diary

[Miss Hepburn]

Fulfillment has nothing to do with circumstances.

~Gangaji

(More Vivekananda, please.)

“The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.”

Lao Tzu

“Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you”

Lao Tzu

Kindness in words creates confidence.
Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.
Kindness in giving creates love.

Lao Tzu

If you are depressed, you are living in the past.
If you are anxious, you are living in the future.
If you are at peace, you are living in the present.

Lao Tzu