Favorite Quotes
~ It is fear that is the greatest of all superstitions.

~ Above all the Divine is, through It's own nature, inexpressible love. - (Swami Vivekananda)

~ A name for God is Tadvanam - which roughly translates to "the end of love longing".

~ Everyone says my watch is right, only my watch. The fact is that nobody's watch is right. Who can truly understand Thee? - (Sri Ramakrishna)

~ See with eyes unclouded by hate. - (Prince Ashitaka, Princess Mononoke movie)

~ When all of the knots of the heart are destroyed, even while a person is alive, then a mortal becomes immortal. This much alone is the instruction of all the Upanishads. - (Katha Upanishad)

~ This is the truth: As from a blazing fire sparks of like nature fly forth by the thousands, so from the Imperishable, O gentle one, diverse beings come forth and return to it again. - (Mundaka Upanishad)

~ Do not grieve over anyone. This world is under the control of the Divine, and all that happens is according to God's will. - (Srimad Bhagavatam)

~ True goodness is like water. Water's good for everything. It doesn't compete. It goes right to the loathsome places, and so finds the way. - (Tao Te Ching)

~ Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all those who live without love. - (Dumbledore, Harry Potter)

~ Don't Panic. - (Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy)

~ The dwarf bread was brought out for inspection. But it was miraculous, the dwarf bread. No one ever went hungry when they had some dwarf bread to avoid. You only had to look at it for a moment, and instantly you could think of dozens of things you'd rather eat. Your boots, for example. Mountains. Raw sheep. Your own foot. - (Discworld)

~ Judge Claude Frollo longed to purge the world of vice and sin. And he saw corruption everywhere except within. - (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)

~ Hatred does not yield to further hatred, but only to love; this is the eternal law. - (The Buddha)

~ I carry a torch in one hand
And a bucket of water in the other:
With these things I am going to set fire to Heaven
And put out the flames of Hell
So that voyagers to God can rip the veils
And see the real goal. - (Rabia al-Basri)

~ If I had words to make a day for you
I'd sing you a morning golden and new
I would make this day last for all time
Give you a night deep in moonshine - (As in the movie "Babe", the pig)