"If you love a flower, don’t pick it up. Because if you pick it up it dies and it ceases to be what you love. So if you love a flower, let it be. Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation." … [Read more...] about Love is About Appreciation
Possession
Capable of being Alone
"Only those people who are capable of being alone are capable of love, of sharing, of going into the deepest core into the other person -- without possessing the other, without becoming dependent on the other, without creating 'the other', reducing the other into a thing, and without becoming addicted with the other. They allow the other absolute freedom, because they know if … [Read more...] about Capable of being Alone
The Words we use for the Creator
"The words we use for the Creator are a reflect of ourselves. If we think of God as fear and shame, we are scared and have something to be ashamed of ... But if we see love, compassion and kindness, it is because we possess these qualities." … [Read more...] about The Words we use for the Creator
The Way to Gain a Good Reputation
"Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of - for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear." … [Read more...] about The Way to Gain a Good Reputation
Don’t Fall in Despair
"Whatever happens to you, don’t fall in despair. Even if all the doors are closed, a secret path will be there for you that no one knows. You can’t see it yet but so many paradises are at the end of this path. Be grateful! It is easy to thank after obtaining what you want, thank before having what you want." … [Read more...] about Don’t Fall in Despair