Inspirational Quotes - Page 475

After one arrives at the summit, after going through the total transformation of being...there is yet one more step to the completion of that journey: the return to the valley below, to the everyday world. Who it is that returns is not who began the climb in the first place. The being that comes back is quietness itself, is compassion and wisdom, is the truth of the ages. Whatever humble or elevated position that being holds within the community, he or she becomes a light for others on the way a statement of the freedom that comes from having touched the top of the mountain.

Insist on yourself. Never imitate.

Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth.

When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.

Those who dwell, as scientists or laymen, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth, are never alone or weary of life.

The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence.

If you shut your door to all errors truth will be shut out.

The family is the first essential cell of human society.

...for the object of education is to teach us to love beauty.

He whom Love touches not walks in darkness.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home.

A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.

Willingness opens the doors to knowledge, direction, and achievement. Be willing to know, be willing to do, be willing to create a positive result. Be willing, especially, to follow your dream.

Simply be present with your own shifting energies and with the unpredictabilit y of life as it unfolds.

People ask how I feel about getting old. I tell them I have the same question. I'm learning as I go.

Enthusiasm is the way you trigger other people's emotions so they instinctively help and support you.

The joy of reading with our children doesn't stop as they, and we, get older; it simply changes.

We tend to use prayer as a last resort, but God wants it to be our first line of defense. We pray when there's nothing else we can do, but God wants us to pray before we do anything at all. Most of us would prefer, however, to spend our time doing something that will get immediate results. We don't want to wait for God to resolve matters in His good time because His idea of 'good time' is seldom in sync with ours.

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We women have a more subtle instinct about things.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

Opportunities? They are all around us ... There is power lying latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to discover it.

Step through new doors. The majority of the time there's something fantastic on the other side.

Living your best life is your most important journey in life.