Do not wait to have a harp and rest by degrees; why not take a harp and begin here? Why wait for heavens? Make it here.
How can we understand that Moses saw God unless we too see him? If God ever came to anyone, He will come to me. I will go to God direct, let Him talk to me. I can not take belief as a basis; that is atheism and blasphemy.
If God spoke to a man in the deserts of Arabia two thousand years ago, He can also speak to me today, else how can I know that He has not died? Come to God any way you can; only come. But in coming do not push anyone down.
—Swami Vivekananda.
Sitting silently
Doing nothing
Spring comes
And the grass grows by itself.
—A Zen Haiku
His compassion is beyond all description.
The Lord’s gifts are so great He expects nothing in return.
However great a hero or warrior, man keeps on begging.
It is difficult to conceive the countless numbers who go on asking.
They indulge themselves in desires and dissipate their lives.
—Guru Nanak.
Till man destroys “self’ he is no true friend of God.
—Rumi.
If you listen to me, you will know what is right, just and fair. You will know what you should do. You will become wise and your knowledge will give you pleasure.
—The Book of Proverbs.
In trying to practice religion, eighty percent of people turn cheats and about fifteen percent go mad; only the remaining five percent attain the immediate knowledge of the infinite Truth.
—Swami Vivekananda.
