Renewing peace between two aggrieved parties surpasses ritual praying, fasting, and almsgiving.
-The Prophet Muhammad
To be shameless, uninquisitive, loveless and uncaring
Are the fool's four failings.
No fool is more foolish than one who eagerly expounds
His learning to others while failing to follow it himself.
-Tirukkural
A love affair with knowledge will never end in heartbreak.
-Michael Garrett Marino
Hardship may dishearten at first,
but every hardship passes away.
All despair is followed by hope;
all darkness is followed by sunshine.
-Rumi
Courage is fear that has said its prayers.
-Karl Barth
The thing you fear most has no power.
Your fear of it is what has the power.
Facing the truth really will set you free.
-Oprah Winfrey
Learn to write your hurts in sand.
Learn to carve your blessings in stone!
-Unknown
It is crucial for you to understand what meditation is. It is not some special posture, and it's not just a set of mental exercises. Meditation is the cultivation of mindfulness and the application of that mindfulness once cultivated. You do not have to sit to meditate. You can meditate while washing the dishes. You can meditate in the shower, or roller skating, or typing letters. Meditation is awareness, and it must be applied to each and every activity of one's life. This isn't easy.
-Henepola Gunaratana