My soul is bare before the Creator. All my plans and thoughts are so clear to Him. He knows everything that will happen in advance, although He gives everyone their own choice. // 4807691
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." Martin Luther King
"It is futile that, in the face of the catastrophes of the 20th century, many complain: ‘How could God allow this?’ He did allow it—he allowed our freedom—but He did not leave us in the darkness of ignorance. He showed us the path to knowing good and evil. And humanity itself had to pay for choosing false paths." Albert Einstein
"A person builds a rigid fence around themselves out of these very ‘mustn’ts,’ ‘I can’t,’ and ‘not allowed.’ Then they peer out from behind that fence and envy those who live in freedom..."
Alexander Sviyash
"Life is a process of constant choice. At every moment of their life, a person has a choice—retreat or move toward the goal. Move toward fears and protection, or choose the goal and the growth of spiritual strength..."
Abraham Maslow
"A person is free only if they can choose. And they can choose only if they know enough to compare." — Erich Fromm
"Always choose the best path, no matter how difficult it may be. Habit will soon turn it into an easy and pleasant one." — Pythagoras
"True wisdom is not knowing everything, but knowing how to choose what truly matters." Socrates
"It is impossible to live without ever failing, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not live at all. In that case, you will fail by default." J.K. Rowling
"Whenever you are faced with a choice, be attentive: do not choose what is convenient, comfortable, respectable, socially accepted, or honorable. Choose what resonates in your heart. Choose what you would like to do, regardless of any consequences."
Osho
"You should hesitate only when choosing your goal. After that, you simply need to act."
Mavrodi
“A person who sees living beings as spiritual sparks, equal in quality to the Lord, knows the true nature of things. Nothing can mislead him.”
Upanishads
"Look into your own souls and find within them the spark of truth that the gods placed in every heart, and from which only you yourselves can fan a flame." Socrates
"If the spark is there, some will probably see a faint glow in the darkness sooner or later. And if you fan that spark, one day it will blaze into a huge, roaring fire." Stephen King, "The Glass Floor"
“Having taken the great weapon—the bow of the Upanishads—place upon it the arrow sharpened by meditation. Draw the bowstring with a mind immersed in Brahman, and strike, dear one, this target—the Imperishable” (Mundaka Upanishad, 2.2.3).
"Our position on Earth is truly astonishing. Everyone appears on it for a brief moment, without any clear purpose, although some manage to invent one. But from the perspective of everyday life, one thing is obvious: we live for other people—and above all for those whose smiles and well-being determine our own happiness."
Albert Einstein
"Every person on Earth, whatever they may do, plays the leading role in the history of the world. And usually does not even know it." Paulo Coelho, "The Alchemist"
"The awareness and knowledge that there is someone on Earth with whom you share mutual understanding, despite the different ways in which thoughts are expressed, can transform life on Earth into Paradise." Johann Wolfgang Goethe
"Happiness is not the absence of suffering, but the ability to recover from it. Living a fulfilling life means accepting everything good as well as everything bad, instead of clinging to the good and always rejecting the bad. The point is also to learn to reinterpret the bad..."
"If you want to be happy, do not regret the past and do not fear the future." — Buddha
"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion." — Dalai Lama