Quotes 78

Pietro Annigoni, "La Bella Italiana", 1951.

(Beliefnet Hindu Wisdom newsletter)

Not killing is the first and foremost good.
The virtue of not lying comes next.

-Tirukkural 323

As the rays of the sun,
When night comes, become all one in his disk
Until they spread out again at sunrise,
Even so the senses are gathered up
In the mind, which is master of them all.
Therefore when a person neither hears, sees, smells,
Tastes, touches, speaks, nor enjoys, we say he sleeps.

-Prashna Upanishad


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Love the moment, and the energy of that moment will spread beyond all boundaries.

-Corita Kent


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The words of the Qur'an have both an outer and an inner meaning, the latter overpowering. Do not regard the surface alone, for the devil never regarded Adam as mere clay. The surface meaning of the Qur'an is like a human torso, features visible, but the spirit hidden.

-Rumi, "Mathnawi"