You have the right to work, but for work's sake only. You have no right to the fruits of your work. Desire for the fruits of your work must never be your motive in working. Never give way to laziness, either.
Perform every action with you heart fixed on the Supreme Lord. Renounce attachment to the fruits. Be even-tempered in success and failure; for it is the evenness in temper which is meant by yoga.
Work done with anxiety about results is far inferior to work done without such anxiety, in the calm of self-surrender. Seek refuge in the knowledge of Brahman. They who work selfishly for results are miserable.
-"Bhagavad Gita."
It loved to happen.
- Marcus Aurelius.
O snail
Climb Mount Fuji,
But slowly, slowly!
- Issa.
Concerning the Gods, there are those who deny the very existence of the Godhead; others say that it exists, but neither bestirs nor concerns itself nor has forethought for anything. A third party attribute to it existence and forethought, but only for great and heavenly matters, not for anything that is on earth. A fourth party admit things on earth as well as in heaven, but only in general, and not with respect to each individual. A fifth, of whom were Ulysses and Socrates, are those that cry: -
"I move not without Thy knowledge!"
Concerning the Gods, there are those who deny the very existence of the Godhead; others say that it exists, but neither bestirs nor concerns itself nor has forethought for anything. A third party attribute to it existence and forethought, but only for great and heavenly matters, not for anything that is on earth. A fourth party admit things on earth as well as in heaven, but only in general, and not with respect to each individual. A fifth, of whom were Ulysses and Socrates, are those that cry: -
"I move not without Thy knowledge!"
- Epictetus.
The love interest and climax would come when a man and a lady, both strangers, got to talking together om the train going back east.
"Well," said Mrs. Croot, for it was she, "what did you think of the Canyon?"
"Some cave," replied her escort.
"What a funny way to put it!" replied Mrs. Croot. "And now play me something."
"Well," said Mrs. Croot, for it was she, "what did you think of the Canyon?"
"Some cave," replied her escort.
"What a funny way to put it!" replied Mrs. Croot. "And now play me something."
- Ring Lardner, ("How to Write Short Stories").
God instructs the heart, not by ideas but by pains and contradictions.
Then he answered himself, "Yes, sir."
And then he added, "Become sober."
Again he answered, "Yes, sir."
"And after that," he continued, "do not be deceived by others."
"Yes sir; yes, sir," he replied.
- De Caussade.
Zui-Gan called out to himself every day, "Master.""Papa!" shrieked Kitty, and shut his mouth with her hands.
"Well, I won't..." he said. "I'm very, very pleased...Oh, what a fool I am..."
He embraced Kitty, kissed her face, her hand, her face again, and made the sign of the cross over her.
And then there came over Levin a new feeling of love for this man, till then so little known to him, when he saw how slowly and tenderly Kitty kissed his muscular hand.
"Well, I won't..." he said. "I'm very, very pleased...Oh, what a fool I am..."
He embraced Kitty, kissed her face, her hand, her face again, and made the sign of the cross over her.
And then there came over Levin a new feeling of love for this man, till then so little known to him, when he saw how slowly and tenderly Kitty kissed his muscular hand.
- "Anna Karenina."
"Sir, we ought to teach the people that they are doing wrong in worshiping the images and pictures in the temple."
Ramakrishna: "That's the way with you Calcutta people: you want to teach and preach. You ant to give millions when you are beggars yourselves...Do you think God does not know that he is being worshiped in the images and pictures? If a worshipper should make a mistake, do you think God will know his intent?"
"Sir, we ought to teach the people that they are doing wrong in worshiping the images and pictures in the temple."
Ramakrishna: "That's the way with you Calcutta people: you want to teach and preach. You ant to give millions when you are beggars yourselves...Do you think God does not know that he is being worshiped in the images and pictures? If a worshipper should make a mistake, do you think God will know his intent?"
- "The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna."
St. Francis de Sales' prayer: "Yes, Father! Yes, and always, Yes!"
"Don't you want to join us?" I was recently asked by an acquaintance when he ran across me alone after midnight in a coffeehouse that was already almost deserted. "No, I don't," I said.
- Kafka.
The happiness of being with people.
The happiness of being with people.
- Kafka.
St. Francis de Sales' prayer: "Yes, Father! Yes, and always, Yes!"
Then he answered himself, "Yes, sir."
And then he added, "Become sober."
Again he answered, "Yes, sir."
"And after that," he continued, "do not be deceived by others."
"Yes sir; yes, sir," he replied.
- Mu-Mon-Kwan
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