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From the Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita
”Whosoever with devotion offers me a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or water, I accept it from him as the devout gift of a pure heart.”
—Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita 9:26
From Mahatma Gandhi
"Love is the strongest force the world possesses and yet it is the humblest imaginable.”
—Mahatma Gandhi
From Rabindranath Tagore
”Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”
—Rabindranath Tagore
From Hazrat Inayat Khan
”The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.”
—Hazrat Inayat Khan
From Louisa May Alcott
"Far away, there in the sunshine, are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they head."
—Louisa May Alcott
From Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
From Zarathustra
“Make thine own self pure by good thoughts, good words, good deeds.”
—Zarathustra
True Love is Boundless
“True love is boundless like the ocean and, swelling within one, spreads itself out and, crossing all boundaries and frontiers, envelopes the whole world.”
—Gandhi
Only with the Heart
“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, “The Little Prince”
Light, My Light
Light, my light, the world-filling light,
the eye-kissing light,
heart-sweetening light!
Ah, the light dances, my darling, at the center of my life;
the light strikes, my darling, the chords of my love;
the sky opens, the wind runs wild, laughter passes over the earth.
The butterflies spread their sails on the sea of light.
Lilies and jasmines surge up on the crest of the waves of light.
The light is shattered into gold on every cloud, my darling,
and it scatters gems in profusion.
Mirth spreads from leaf to leaf, my darling,
and gladness without measure.
The heaven’s river has drowned its banks and the flood of joy is abroad.
—Rabindranath Tagore
The Angels, Gracious Lights of Soul
The Angels,
Gracious Lights of Soul,
bending near the earth in me,
touching the golden harp-strings
of my heart,
and all worlds
in silent obeisance lay
to hear their voices
“Peace and Joy!
“Peace and Joy!
Peace and Joy
Unto All.”
Upon this midnight clear
I listen to their Word resounding
Still. . .
—Swami Kamalananda
Silent Night, Holy Night
“Silent night, holy night. All is calm, all is bright”
—Joseph Mohr
The Crow and the Hemlock
The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.
—Robert Frost