"Before we can realise who we really are, we must become conscious of the fact that the person we think we are is at best an imposter and a stranger."
Thomas Merton
"To really enjoy pleasures, you must know how to leave them."
Voltaire
"The earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all."
Chief Seattle
"The more one forgets one’s own self, the more human the person becomes."
Viktor Frankl
"Because all existence is founded upon the ever-present state of union, everything already exists in a state of tranquility. However, this state of tranquility is masked from us by our assumption that there is a separation, that there is a problem."
Shunryu Suzuki
"The sacred duty of being an individual is to awaken the eternal within you."
John O'Donohue
"The greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation."
Lao Tzu
"True knowledge is not attained by thinking. It is what you are; it is what you become."
Sri Aurobindu
"All things arise, suffer, change and pass away. This is their nature. When you know this, nothing perturbs you, nothing hurts you. You become still."
Asthavakra Gita
"We become compassionate not from altruism which denies the self for the sake of the other, but from the insight that sees and feels one is the other."
Huston Smith
"We are constantly invited to be who we are."
Henry David Thoreau
"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."
Lao Tzu
"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive, to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love."
Marcus Aurelius
"Being at ease with not knowing is crucial for answers to come to you."
Eckhart Tolle
"When in doubt, tell the truth."
Mark Twain