Wisdom Library

My peace, O my brothers, is in solitude, and my Beloved is with me always. For His love I can find no substitute, and His love for me will never…

An ounce of practice is worth a thousand pounds of theory. Do not wait. Begin now.

Selfless love is the only truth; everything else is illusion. Love is the foundation of the entire creation.

If the only prayer you say in your entire life is ‘thank you,’ that will be enough.

The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.

Let God's grace be the mosque, and devotion the prayer mat. Let righteousness be the Quran. Let modesty be compassion, good conduct fasting, and you will be the true devotee…

Truth is high, but higher still is truthful living.

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you. Depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you…

Yoga is not about touching your toes. It is what you learn on the way down about yourself.

The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the…

Many words satisfy not the soul, but a good life refresheth the mind, and a pure conscience imparteth great confidence toward God.

Brahman alone is real; the world is appearance. The individual self is none other than Brahman. This alone is the supreme truth — this the wise ones teach.

That religion which is against science and reason is superstition and not true religion.

The soul is the traveller; the earth is the stage upon which we build our experience. And when the stage is left behind, the soul takes with it only what…

Act without expectation. Work without attachment. Succeed without taking credit. Because you do not take credit, it will last forever.

The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if…

Even kings and emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God.

Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.

God is within you; you are in God, as the wave is in the ocean and the ocean is in the wave.

My heart has become capable of every form: it is a pasture for gazelles and a convent for Christian monks, and a temple for idols and the pilgrim's Ka'ba. I…

The wound is the place where the Light enters you.

Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth.

There is no phenomenon that is not dependently originated; therefore there is no phenomenon that is not empty of inherent existence.

The conquest of an outward enemy is nothing compared to the conquest of the enemy within — the ego.

The most beautiful moment in life is a moment when you are not thinking about yourself.

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls. The most massive characters are seared with scars.