I attended a banquet of inventors recently. Each inventor gave a short talk on something he thought would be accomplished in the future. Many very much needed things were spoken of...
"Let us not look at ourselves but onwards, and take strength from the leaf and the signs of the field He is indeed despicable who cannot look onwards to the ideal life of man Not t...
FIRST LAW: DISCOVERY OF ENDOWMENT The limits of magnetic endowment latent in every normal person emerge only through prolonged effort in the culture of magnetism SECOND LAW: DIFFIC...
Deity is neither Jew nor Gentile; He is the Infinite All-Good--the Eternal White Life The Infinite and Eternal White Life is evolving a Universe toward the ultimate perfection of a...
Dr Haddock will open new views of individual nature, personal fears, avenues of self-unfoldment, which are wholesome and uplifting for you The following lessons are more than a con...
Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods
May not the space between heaven and earth be compared to a bellows? 'Tis emptied, yet it loses not its power; 'Tis moved again, and sends forth air the more Much speech to swift e...
Abstaining from speech marks him who is obeying the spontaneity of his nature A violent wind does not last for a whole morning; a sudden rain does not last for the whole day To who...
As a solid rock is not shaken by the wind, wise people falter not amidst blame and praise
Now for the greatness of the chariot of Vata. Its roar goes crashing and thundering. It moves touching the sky, and creating red sheens, or it goes scattering the dust of the earth...
(Conceived of as) having no name, it is the Originator of heaven and earth; (conceived of as) having a name, it is the Mother of all things
Let the wise man guard his thoughts, for they are difficult to perceive, very artful, and they rush wherever they list: thoughts well guarded bring happiness
He who seeking his own happiness punishes or kills beings who also long for happiness, will not find happiness after death
Always without desire we must be found, If its deep mystery we would sound; But if desire always within us be, Its outer fringe is all that we shall see
All things depend on it for their production, which it gives to them, not one refusing obedience to it When its work is accomplished, it does not claim the name of having done it I...
He who stands on his tiptoes does not stand firm; he who stretches his legs does not walk (easily) (So), he who displays himself does not shine; he who asserts his own views is not...
From affection comes grief, from affection comes fear; he who is free from affection knows neither grief nor fear
, One's own self conquered is better than all other people; not even a god, a Gandharva, not Mara with Brahman could change into defeat the victory of a man who has vanquished hims...
It is better to leave a vessel unfilled, than to attempt to carry it when it is full If you keep feeling a point that has been sharpened, the point cannot long preserve its sharpne...
Under these two aspects, it is really the same; but as development takes place, it receives the different names Together we call them the Mystery Where the Mystery is the deepest i...
"May both the layman and he who has left the world think that this is done by me; may they be subject to me in everything which is to be done or is not to be done," thus is the min...
And the man who gives himself to drinking intoxicating liquors, he, even in this world, digs up his own root
He who takes refuge with Buddha, the Law, and the Church; he who, with clear understanding, sees the four holy truths:--
Therefore the sentence-makers have thus expressed themselves:-- 'The Tao, when brightest seen, seems light to lack; Who progress in it makes, seems drawing back; Its even way is li...
Therefore a sage has said, 'I will do nothing (of purpose), and the people will be transformed of themselves; I will be fond of keeping still, and the people will of themselves bec...
Men who have no riches, who live on recognised food, who have perceived void and unconditioned freedom (Nirvana), their path is difficult to understand, like that of birds in the a...
He constantly (tries to) keep them without knowledge and without desire, and where there are those who have knowledge, to keep them from presuming to act (on it) When there is this...
If I were suddenly to become known, and (put into a position to) conduct (a government) according to the Great Tao, what I should be most afraid of would be a boastful display
Let the fool wish for a false reputation, for precedence among the Bhikshus, for lordship in the convents, for worship among other people!
The Tao in its regular course does nothing (for the sake of doing it), and so there is nothing which it does not do