Bhagavad Gita
“One gradually attains tranquillity of mind by keeping the mind fully absorbed in the Self by means of a well-trained intellect, and thinking of nothing else.”
Bhagavad Gita
“Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed.”
Bhagavad Gita
“There is neither this world nor the world beyond nor happiness for the one who doubts.”
Bhagavad Gita
"Those who aspire to the state of yoga should seek the Self in inner solitude through meditation. With body and mind controlled they should constantly practice one-pointedness, free from expectations and attachment to material possessions."
Jalal ad-Din Rumi
“The Eternal looked upon me for a moment with His eye of power, and annihilated me in His being, and become manifest to me in His essence. I saw I existed through Him.”
Jalal ad-Din Rumi
“It may be that the satisfaction I need depends on my going away, so that when I've gone and come back, I'll find it at home.”
Jalal ad-Din Rumi
“You were born with wings. Why prefer to crawl through life?”
Jalal ad-Din Rumi
“Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”
Jalal ad-Din Rumi
“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.”
Jalal ad-Din Rumi
“Only from the heart Can you touch the sky.”
Jalal ad-Din Rumi
“This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet.”
Jalal ad-Din Rumi
“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”