It is only when God Himself by His grace draws the mind inwards that complete surrender can be achieved. - Ramana Maharishi.

Education is not the preparation for life, it is life itself. - John Dewey.

Realization of the Self is the greatest help that can be rendered to humanity. A saint helps the whole of humanity, unknown to the latter. The help is imperceptible but is still there. - Ramana Maharishi.

God is not only in the heart of all, He is the prop of all, He is the source of all, their abiding place, and their end. All proceed from Him, have their stay in Him, and finally resolve into Him. Therefore, He is not separate. - Ramana Maharishi.

I live far off in the wild.

Where moss and woods
Are thick and plants perfumed.
I can see mountains rain or shine.
And never hear market noise.
I light a few leaves in my stove to heat tea.
To patch my robe I cut off a cloud.
Lifetimes seldom fill a hundred years.

Why suffer for profit and fame?

But do not ask me where I am going, as I am travelling this limitless world where every step I take is my home. - Dogen.

You can't blend in when you were born to stand out. - Anonymous.

If you have the choice between being right and being kind, choose being kind - Dr. Wayne W. Dyer.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. - Abraham Lincoln.

The sage stays behind, thus he is ahead. He is detached, thus at one with all. Through selfless action, he attains fulfillment. - Tao Te Ching.

Creating without possessing. Acting without expecting. Guiding without interfering. - Tao Te Ching.

Your deeds are your monuments. - Anonymous.

The taller the bamboo grows, the lower it bends. - Chinese Proverb.

Where love reigns, the impossible may be attained. - Indian Proverb.

Whenever there is a craving, there is pain. - D. T. Suzuki.

What you possess, you lose. - Zen Proverb.

Still waters run deep. - Latin Proverb.

Fear

By Khalil Gibran

It is said that before entering the sea
a river trembles with fear.

She looks back at the path she has traveled,
from the peaks of the mountains,
the long winding road crossing forests and villages.

And in front of her,
she sees an ocean so vast,
that to enter
there seems nothing more than to disappear forever.

But there is no other way.
The river can not go back.

Nobody can go back.
To go back is impossible in existence.

The river needs to take the risk
of entering the ocean
because only then will fear disappear,
because that’s where the river will know
it’s not about disappearing into the ocean,
but of becoming the ocean.

If one abuses another or injures him the remedy does not lie in retort or resistance. Simply keep quiet. This quiet will bring peace to the injured but make the offender restless until he is driven to admit his error to the injured party. - Ramana Maharishi.

If we were all to sit in a circle and confess our sins, we would laugh at each other for our lack of originality. - Kahlil Gibran.

Life knows no failure. Failure exists only for those who are always comparing themselves with others - Sadhguru.

You can't blend in when you were born to stand out. - Anonymous.

We need to look at the subtle, the hidden, and the unspoken. - Anonymous.

The less rigid your personality, the more powerful your presence. - Sadhguru.