What is the cause of the cosmos? Is it Brahman? From where do we come? By what live? Where shall we find peace at last? What power governs the duality Of pleasure and pain by which we are driven? Time, nature, necessity, accident, Elements, energy, intelligence-- None of these can be the First Cause. They are effects, whose only purpose is To help the self rise above pleasure and pain.
- Shvetashvatara Upanishad
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Let us not talk of karma, but simply of responsibility toward the whole world.
- His Holiness the Dalai Lama, "Imagine All the People"
He does not refuse sustenance to the one who speaks ill of Him. How then could He refuse sustenance to the one whose soul is overflowing with love for Him?
- Rabi'a, "Rabi'a the Mystic"
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It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes.
- Thomas Aquinas
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Keep in mind that the essence of your prayers is the faith you have in them that they will be answered.
- Rabbi Nachman of Breslov
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