“People wait for the big moment, the great event, and forget that happiness comes from building steadily on the small daily things of life.
People wait for that special moment to express love and forget that love springs from thoughtfulness practiced every day.
People wait, but waiting is future and NOW is always the time.”

-Meher Baba

Gurumayi Chidvilasananda

“Recognize that you have the courage within you to fulfill the purpose of your birth.
Summon forth the power of your inner courage and live the life of your dreams.”

-Gurumayi Chidvilasananda

Swami Satchidananda

“The light is within.
It is already there.
Take your time to see it.”

-Swami Satchidananda

Paramanhansa Yogananda

“You must not let your life run in the ordinary way;
do something that nobody else has done,
something that will dazzle the world.
Show that God’s creative principle works in you.”

-Paramahansa Yogananda

Yogi Bhajan

“When you understand who and what you are,
your radiance and everything around you
becomes creative and full of opportunity.”

– Yogi Bhajan

Mahatma Gandhi

“Keep your thoughts positive because your thought become your words.
Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior.
Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits.
Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values.
Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.”

-Mahatma Gandhi

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

“All that we are is the result of what we have thought.
The mind is everything.
What we think, we become.”

-Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Swami Sivananda

“Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts.
This is the secret of success.”

-Swami Sivananda

Swami Vivekananda

“Never say no, never say, ‘I cannot’, for you are infinite.
All the power is within you.
You can do anything.”

-Swami Vivekananda

Sri Ramakrishna

“The winds of grace are always blowing,
but you have to raise the sail.”

-Sri Ramakrishna

Sri Sarada Devi

“Even the impossible becomes possible through devotion.”

-Sri Sarada Devi

Sri Sai Baba of Shirdi

“Don’t give up! Your miracle is on the way!”

– Sri Sai Baba of Shirdi

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Anandamayi Ma

“Having been born as human beings, we must not waste this opportunity.
At least for a few seconds every day, we must enquire as to who we are.
It is no use taking a return ticket over and over again.
From birth to death, and death to birth is samsara.
But really we have no birth and death.
We must realize that.”

-Anandamayi Ma

Swami Muktananda

“We exist in Consciousness, and we merge back into it.
We are that consciousness.
This is called sadhana.”

– Swami Muktananda

Amma

“Death is not complete annihilation.
It is a pause.
It is like pressing the pause button on a tape recorder.”

-Mata Amritanandamayi (Amma)

Ramana Maharishi

“The body dies, but the spirit transcends
it cannot be touched by death.”

-Ramana Maharishi

Meher Baba

“Neither seek death nor fear it,
and when death comes to you it is converted
into a stepping stone to the higher life.”

-Meher Baba

Sri Aurobindo

“Death is but changing of our robes
to wait in wedding garments
at the Eternal’s gate.”

— Sri Aurobindo

Guru Nanak

“Death would not be called bad,
O people, if one knew how to truly die.”

-Guru Nanak

Thich Nhat Hanh

“Our greatest fear is that when we die we will become nothing.
Many of us believe that our entire existence is only a life span beginning the moment we are born or conceived and ending the moment we die.
We believe that we are born from nothing and when we die we become nothing.
And so we are filled with fear of annihilation….

“The Buddha has a very different understanding of our existence. It is the understanding that birth and death are notions.
They are not real. The fact that we think they are true makes a powerful illusion that causes our suffering.
The Buddha taught that there is no birth; there is no death; there is no coming; there is no going; there is no same; there is no different; there is no permanent self; there is no annihilation.
We only think there is. When we understand that we cannot be destroyed, we are liberated from fear. It is a great relief.
We can enjoy life and appreciate it in a new way.”

– Thich Nhat Hanh

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

“When death finally comes you will welcome it like an old friend,
being aware of how dreamlike and impermanent
the phenomenal world really is.”

– Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

Jiddu Krishnamurti

“Tell your friend that in his death,
a part of you dies and goes with him.
Wherever he goes,
you also go.
He will not be alone.”

– Jiddu Krishnamurti

Jalal al-Din Rumi

“Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes.
Because for those who love with heart and soul
there is no such thing as separation.”

– Jalal al-Din Rumi 

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