health and wellness

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed.

There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.

After long study and experience, I have come to the conclusion that (1) all religions are true;  (2) all religions have some error in them; (3) all religions are almost as dear to me as my own Hinduism, in as much as all human beings should be as dear to one as one’s own close relatives. My own veneration for other faiths is the same as that for my own faith; therefore, no thought of conversion is possible.

I am not at all concerned with appearing to be consistent. In my pursuit after Truth I have discarded many ideas and learnt many new things.

Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.

The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

An eye for an eye only succeeds in making the whole world blind.

Hate the sin, love the sinner.

A teacher who establishes rapport with the taught, becomes one with them, learns more from them than he teaches them. He who learns nothing from his disciples is, in my opinion, worthless. Whenever I talk with someone I learn from him. I take from him more than I give him. In this way, a true teacher regards himself as a student of his students. If you will teach your pupils with this attitude, you will benefit much from them.

The things that will destroy us are: politics without principle; pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business without morality; science without humanity; and worship without sacrifice.

You must be the change you want to see in the world.

Keep your thoughts positive, because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive, because your words become your behaviours. Keep your behaviours positive, because your behaviours become your habits. Keep your habits positive, because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive, because your values become your destiny.

The best way to find yourself, is to lose yourself in the service of others.

It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.

My religion is based on truth and nonviolence. Truth is my God. Nonviolence is the means of realizing Him.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

I will not let anyone walk through my mind with dirty feet.

God comes to the hungry in the form of food.

In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in an clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long an arduous quest after Truth.

Prayer is not asking. It is a language of the soul.

God has no religion.

My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet.

No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive.

If we are to reach real peace in this world and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with children; and if they will grow up in their natural innocence, we won’t have to struggle; we won’t have to pass fruitless idle resolutions, but we shall go from love to love and peace to peace, until at last all the corners of the world are covered with that peace and love for which consciously or unconsciously the whole world is hungering.

What kind of victory is it when someone is left defeated?

I understand…that those who desired salvation should act like the trustee who, though having control over great possessions, regards not an iota of them as his own.

I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings. My wisdom flows from the Highest Source. I salute that Source in you. Let us work together for unity and love.

          -Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948)

In Honor of Father’s Day

Knowledge: The Search for the truth and Knowledge is one of the finest attributes of a man, though often it is most loudly voiced by those who strive for it the least.

Authority: To punish me for my contempt of authority, fate has made me an authority myself.

Truth: It is difficult to say what truth is, but sometimes it is easy to recognize a falsehood.

Cooperation: A hundred times a day I remind myself that my inner and outer lives are based on the labors of other people, living and dead and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.

Wisdom: Wisdom is not a product of schooling, but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Greatness: There is only one road to human greatness: through the school of hard knocks.

Happiness: A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell too much on the future.

Fame: With fame I become more and more stupid, which of course is a very common phenomenon.

Life: Life is sacred, that is to say, it is the supreme value, to which all other values are subordinate.

Ageing: I have reached an age when, if someone tells me to wear socks, I don’t have to.

Praise: The only way to escape the personal corruption of praise is to go on working.

Problems: Fear or stupidity has always been the basis of most human actions.

Relativity: An hour sitting with a pretty girl on a park bench passes like a minute, but a minute sitting on a hot stove seems like an hour.

Goals: One should not pursue goals that are easily achieved. One must develop an instinct for what one can barely achieve through one’s greatest efforts.

Racism: The only remedies against race and prejudice are enlightenment and education. This is a slow and painstaking process.

Solitude: I lived in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.

Value: Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.

Imagination: When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come close to the conclusion that the gift of imagination has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing absolute knowledge.

People come into your life for a REASON, a SEASON or a LIFETIME. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person.

When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand.

What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.

Some people come into your life for a SEASON, because your turn has come to share, grow or learn. They bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it, it is real. But only for a season.

LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons, things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.

Thank you for being a part of my life, whether you were a reason, a season or a lifetime.

       -Unknown Author

This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it.

Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it.

It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anyone could have.

         -Unknown

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. -Henry Ford

If you don’t know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else. -Lawrence J. Peter

Some of the world’s greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible. -Doug Larson

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. -T.S. Eliot

The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man’s foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher. -Thomas Henry Huxley

If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up. -J.M. Power

It is never too late to be who you might have been. -George Eliot

God gives us dreams a size too big so that we can grow in them. -Unknown

Great ideas need landing gear as well as wings. -C.D. Jackson

Life’s problems wouldn’t be called “hurdles” if there wasn’t a way to get over them. -Unknown

Success isn’t a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire. -Arnold H. Glasow

I don’t care how much power, brilliance or energy you have, if you don’t harness it and focus it on a specific target, and hold it there you’re never going to accomplish as much as your ability warrants. -Zig Ziglar

The best angle from which to approach any problem is the try-angle. -Unknown

It is easier to go down hill than up, but the view is best from the top. -Arnold Bennett

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. -Beverly Sills

One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks. -Jack Penn

If you don’t have time to do it right you must have time to do it over. -Unknown

If one does not know to which port is sailing, no wind is favorable. -Seneca

The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

A wonderful message for everyone to reflect on. We should try to do this more often - Sarah Brightman’s voice is majestic as usual.

There are rules that we as humans must eventually learn in order for our souls to evolve. This is a chance to reflect; a chance to look into the soul.

Rules For Being Human